ծիծառն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծիծեռն (ciceṙn) (ciceṙn)
• ծիծեառն (ciceaṙn) (ciceaṙn)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵoi-ǵar-n-, reduplication of *ǵār- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Ossetian (deprecated template usage) зар (zar), Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) γῆρυς (gêrus), Latin (deprecated template usage) garrio, Old English (deprecated template usage) cearu (English (deprecated template usage) care).

Noun

ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)

1. swallow (bird)

2. nightingale
3. (deprecated template usage) (astronomy) name of a constellation

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ծիծառն (cicaṙn)		ծիծառունք (cicaṙunkʻ)
genitive	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
dative	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
accusative	ծիծառն (cicaṙn)		ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)
ablative	ծիծառանէ (cicaṙanē)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
instrumental	ծիծառամբ (cicaṙamb)		ծիծառամբք (cicaṙambkʻ)
locative	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)

Derived terms

• ծիծառնուկ (cicaṙnuk)

Descendants

• Armenian: ծիծեռնակ (ciceṙnak), ծիծեռ (ciceṙ), ծիծառ (cicaṙ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիծառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիծառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 341