Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Deverbal from ցրեմ (cʻrem).

Adjective

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ցիր (cʻir) indeclinable

  1. strewn, scattered, dispersed
    ցիր և ցանcʻir ew cʻandispersed, scattered about, spread

Noun

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ցիր (cʻir) indeclinable

  1. vast open space

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 456a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 63