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 čgambkʻ ― with all one's strength or ability
    ճգունք մարտի ― čgunkʻ marti ― the toils of war
    տանել մեծամեծ ճգանց ― tanel mecamec čgancʻ ― to bear or sustain great hardships
    զամենայն յանձին ունել, թափել, ի մեջ առնուլ, բազում ճգունս առնել ― zamenayn yanjin unel, tʻapʻel, 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 čgambkʻ gun gorcel ― to make a last effort, or final efforts

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ճիգ (čig)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճիգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճիգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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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