ծնօտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is ծնաւտ (cnawt), from earlier *ծին-աւտ (*cin-awt), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-.

Noun

ծնօտ • (cnōt)

  1. jaw
    Synonym: կլափն (klapʻn)
    ապտակ ածել ի ծնօտսն, հարկանել զծնօտս ուրուք ― aptak acel i cnōtsn, harkanel zcnōts urukʻ ― to slap the face, to box the ear
  2. (figuratively) an edge, brim of something
  3. (figuratively) decorations on such edge

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative ծնօտ (cnōt) ծնօտք (cnōtkʻ)
genitive ծնօտի (cnōti) ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
dative ծնօտի (cnōti) ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
accusative ծնօտ (cnōt) ծնօտս (cnōts)
ablative ծնօտէ (cnōtē) ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
instrumental ծնօտիւ (cnōtiw) ծնօտիւք (cnōtiwkʻ)
locative ծնօտի (cnōti) ծնօտս (cnōts)

Derived terms
  • երկայնածնօտ (erkaynacnōt)
  • ծնօտաքակ (cnōtakʻak)

Descendants
  • Armenian: ծնոտ (cnot)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծնօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծնօտ”, 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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