կնճիռն
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Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The origin is uncertain.
Noun[edit]
կնճիռն • (knčiṙn)
- tie, knot (that is hard to untie)
- Synonym: հանգոյց (hangoycʻ)
- difficulty, hindrance, complication, embarrassment, entanglement, intrigue, scrape, hitch
- Synonym: դժուարութիւն (džuarutʻiwn)
- հատանել, բառնալ զկնճիռնն ― hatanel, baṙnal zknčiṙnn ― to decide a question, to solve or set at rest a disputed point
- fraud, deceit
- Synonyms: դաւաճանութիւն (dawačanutʻiwn), խարդաւանք (xardawankʻ)
- intention, design
- bond, chain
- wrinkle, pucker on face or body; frowning, frown
- Synonym: խորշոմ (xoršom)
- կնճիռն ծնանել յերեսս ― knčiṙn cnanel yeress ― to contract or knit one's brows, to frown; to look gruff, to put on a surly look; to turn up one's nose, to make wry faces
- կնճիռն կտաւոյ ― knčiṙn ktawoy ― plaits, folds
- husks of grapes
- կնճիռն խաղողոյ ― knčiṙn xałołoy ― husks of pressed grapes
Declension[edit]
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | կնճիռն (knčiṙn) | կնճռունք (knčṙunkʻ) | |
| genitive | կնճռան (knčṙan) | կնճռանց (knčṙancʻ) | |
| dative | կնճռան (knčṙan) | կնճռանց (knčṙancʻ) | |
| accusative | կնճիռն (knčiṙn) | կնճռունս (knčṙuns) | |
| ablative | կնճռանէ (knčṙanē) | կնճռանց (knčṙancʻ) | |
| instrumental | կնճռամբ (knčṙamb) | կնճռամբք (knčṙambkʻ) | |
| locative | կնճռան (knčṙan) | կնճռունս (knčṙuns) |
Derived terms[edit]
- չարակնճիռ (čʻaraknčiṙ)
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: կնճիռ (knčiṙ)
References[edit]
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կնճիռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կնճիռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կնճիռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press