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

  • Ałayan, 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, H. Matatʿeay V. (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, Boston: Brill, page 340
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