ծուծ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծուծ (cuc).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծուծ • (cuc)

  1. marrow, bone marrow
  2. brain
  3. (figuratively) essence, pith
  4. (figuratively) riches, possessions
  5. the action of sucking

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976), ծուծ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

A baby-talk word, but possibly of Proto-Indo-European origin, related to ծիծ (cic) and տիտ (tit). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ծուծ • (cuc)

  1. substance to be sucked
  2. a kind of tax (?)
  3. (in the plural) the nostrils

Declension

Derived terms

  • արիւնածուծ (ariwnacuc)
  • թարախածուծ (tʿaraxacuc)
  • ծծեմ (ccem)
  • ծծինք (ccinkʿ)
  • ծծումն (ccumn)
  • կաթնածուծ (katʿnacuc)
  • կովածուծ (kovacuc)
  • կովծուծ (kovcuc)
  • մեղրածուծ (mełracuc)
  • մեղրծուծ (mełrcuc)
  • ուղղածուծ (ułłacuc)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծուծ (cuc)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), ծուծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծուծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծուծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 340
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