քիրտն

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From *քիտրն (*kʻitrn), from Proto-Indo-European *swidren- or *swidron-, from *sweyd- (to sweat).

Noun

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քիրտն (kʻirtn)

  1. perspiration, sweat
    քիրտն մահուkʻirtn mahudeath sweat, perspiration preceding death
    առատ քիրտնaṙat kʻirtncopious sweat
    կծու քիրտնkcu kʻirtnacrid sweat
    գարշահոտ քիրտնgaršahot kʻirtnfetid sweat
    թթու քիրտնtʻtʻu kʻirtnsour or unpleasant perspiration
    ընդ քիրտն մտանել, հարկանել, ի քրտան լինելənd kʻirtn mtanel, harkanel, i kʻrtan linelto sweat, to perspire, to transpire, to be all in a perspiration
    ի քրտունս համակիլ, ողողիլ յաւիշ քրտանi kʻrtuns hamakil, ołołil yawiš kʻrtanto be all over in a sweat, to be bathed in perspiration
    հարայ ընդ քիրտն ցուրտharay ənd kʻirtn cʻurtI fell into a cold sweat
    քիրտն ցուրտ ընդ անդամսն իջանէրkʻirtn cʻurt ənd andamsn iǰanēra cold sweat ran from all his members
    ընդ քիրտն եւ ընդ ապաժոյժ գալənd kʻirtn ew ənd apažoyž galto sweat blood and water, to make great force, to fatigue oneself to death
  2. (figuratively) toil, hard work, fatigue, labour, hardship
    քրտամբք երեսաց հայթայթել զկեանսkʻrtambkʻ eresacʻ haytʻaytʻel zkeansto earn one's bread or livelihood by the sweat of one's brow

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: քրտինք (kʻrtinkʻ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քիրտն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քիրտն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քիրտն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 79