ծէս

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian წესი (c̣esi).[1]

Noun

ծէս • (cēs)

rite, ritual, ceremony
- 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] § 647:
  […] եւ զիրենց աւրինացն ծէսն որ ինչպէս էր՝ արաւ […]
  […] ew zirencʿ awrinacʿn cēsn or inčʿpēs ēr, araw […]

Descendants

Armenian: ծես (ces)
→ Old Armenian: ծէս (cēs)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ծէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 454ab

Further reading

Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ծէս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ծէս (cēs).

Noun

ծէս • (cēs)

(post-classical) rite, ritual, ceremony
- 1738 – 1823, Mikʿayēl Čʿamčʿeanc, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ. I skzbanē ašxarhi minčʿew cam Teaṙn 1784 [Armenian history from the beginning of the world to the year 1784] :
  Եւ յետ ամենայնի բանք ՚ի մէջ անկան եւ ՚ի վերայ կրօնից եւ ծիսից Հայոց […]
  Ew yet amenayni bankʿ ’i mēǰ ankan ew ’i veray krōnicʿ ew cisicʿ Hayocʿ […]

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ծէս (cēs)		ծէսք (cēskʿ)
genitive	ծիսի (cisi)		ծիսից (cisicʿ)
dative	ծիսի (cisi)		ծիսից (cisicʿ)
accusative	ծէս (cēs)		ծէսս (cēss)
ablative	ծիսէ (cisē)		ծիսից (cisicʿ)
instrumental	ծիսիւ (cisiw)		ծիսիւք (cisiwkʿ)
locative	ծիսի (cisi)		ծէսս (cēss)

Further reading

Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ծէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1015b
Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 310a

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