ճիգն

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Noun[edit]

ճիգն • (čign)

  1. effort, endeavour, attempt, study; labour, work, pains, suffering, hardship, toil, fatigue; danger, hazard, jeopardy; crisis; conflict, contest, combat, fight; austere or ascetic life
    ճիգն ի ճիգն ― čign i čign ― close or hard by, one after the other, without intervals
    ամենայն ճգամբք ― amenayn čgambkʿ ― with all one's strength or ability
    ճգունք մարտի ― čgunkʿ marti ― the toils of war
    տանել մեծամեծ ճգանց ― tanel mecamec čgancʿ ― to bear or sustain great hardships
    զամենայն յանձին ունել, թափել, ի մեջ առնուլ, բազում ճգունս առնել ― zamenayn yanjin unel, tʿapʿel, i meǰ aṙnul, bazum čguns aṙnel ― to strive or struggle hard, to do one's best or utmost, to redouble one's endeavours, to make superhuman efforts
    ճիգն դնել ― čign dnel ― to make an effort, to strive, to endeavour
    դնել զյետին ճիգն, յետին ճգամբք գուն գործել ― dnel zyetin čign, yetin čgambkʿ gun gorcel ― to make a last effort, or final efforts

Declension[edit]

n-type
singular plural
nominative ճիգն (čign) ճգունք (čgunkʿ)
genitive ճգան (čgan) ճգանց (čgancʿ)
dative ճգան (čgan) ճգանց (čgancʿ)
accusative ճիգն (čign) ճգունս (čguns)
ablative ճգանէ (čganē) ճգանց (čgancʿ)
instrumental ճգամբ (čgamb) ճգամբք (čgambkʿ)
locative ճգան (čgan) ճգունս (čguns)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ճիգ (čig)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ճիգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճիգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ճիգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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