ծիծառն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծիծեռն (ciceṙn)
• ծիծեառն (ciceaṙn)

Etymology

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

Noun

ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)

1. swallow (bird)

   վայրի ծիծառն ― vayri cicaṙn ― marten, martlet

   ձագ ծիծառան ― jag cicaṙan ― young swallow

   ծիծառն ճչէ ― cicaṙn ččʻē ― the swallow twitters

   ծիծռան ծաղիկ ― cicṙan całik ― celandine, swallow-wort

   մի ծիծառն ոչ բերէ գարուն ― mi cicaṙn očʻ berē garun ― one swallow does not make spring; one bee makes no swarm

2. nightingale
3. (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