աճիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *azgy- +‎ -իւն. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *askǭ, Ancient Greek ἄζω (azō, “to wither”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes, dust”). See also ազազեմ.

Noun

աճիւն • (ačiwn)  (singular genitive աճեան or աճիւնոյ or աճիւնի)

1. ashes (remains of a fire)

   յաճիւն դարձուցանել՝ դատել (yačiwn darjucʿanel datel) — to reduce to ashes

2. ashes (human remains)

Declension

n-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
genitive	աճեան (ačean)
dative	աճեան (ačean)
accusative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
accusative definite	զաճիւն (začiwn)
ablative	յաճիւնէ (yačiwnē)
instrumental	աճեամբ (ačeamb)
locative	յաճեան (yačean)

o-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
genitive	աճիւնոյ (ačiwnoy)
dative	աճիւնոյ (ačiwnoy)
accusative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
accusative definite	զաճիւն (začiwn)
ablative	յաճիւնոյ (yačiwnoy)
instrumental	աճիւնով (ačiwnov)
locative	յաճիւն (yačiwn)

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
genitive	աճիւնի (ačiwni)
dative	աճիւնի (ačiwni)
accusative	աճիւն (ačiwn)
accusative definite	զաճիւն (začiwn)
ablative	յաճիւնէ (yačiwnē)
instrumental	աճիւնիւ (ačiwniw)
locative	յաճիւնի (yačiwni)
a singular genitive աճենի is also attested

Derived terms

աճիւնախառն

աճիւնանամ

աճիւնացուցանեմ

Descendants

• Armenian: աճյուն

References

• “աճիւն” in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
• “աճիւն” in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
• “աճիւն” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
• “-իւն” in Geworg J̌ahukyan (1998), Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə in the book Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer (Yerevan: Anania Shirakatsi)