ասեղն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ասիղն (asiłn), ասեղ (aseł), ասեխ (asex) (post-classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱ-él-m̥, accusative singular of *h₂éḱ-ōl, from *h₂eḱ- (sharp).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

ասեղն (asełn)

  1. needle
    ծակ ասղանcak asłaneye of a needle
    անցուցանել դերձան ընդ ծակ ասղանancʿucʿanel derjan ənd cak asłanto thread a needle
    մագնիսեալ ասեղնmagniseal asełnmagnetic needle

Usage notes

The word has many combining forms — ասղան- (asłan-), ասեղն- (asełn-), ասղն- (asłn-), ասղ- (asł-).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ասեղնագործ (asełnagorc)
  • ասեղնակարկատ (asełnakarkat)
  • ասղակտուց (asłaktucʿ)
  • ասղանագործ (asłanagorc)
  • ասղանագործութիւն (asłanagorcutʿiwn)
  • ասղանեթոռոպ (asłanetʿoṙop)
  • ասղանի (asłani)
  • ասղենի (asłeni)
  • ասղնագործ (asłnagorc)
  • ասղնագործութիւն (asłnagorcutʿiwn)
  • ասղնաթոռոպ (asłnatʿoṙop)
  • ասղնածեծ (asłnacec)
  • ասղնանի (asłnani)
  • ասղնաչափ (asłnačʿapʿ)
  • ասղնեայ (asłneay)
  • ասղնեգործ (asłnegorc)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ասեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  4. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aseɫn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 115

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ասեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ասեղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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