ծնօղ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծնող (cnoł)
• ծնաւղ (cnawł)

Etymology

The original spelling is ծնաւղ (cnawł), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tl-eh₂-, from *ǵenh₁-. See ծին (cin) and -օղ (-ōł) for more.

Noun

ծնօղ • (cnōł)

1. parent, father, mother

   ծնօղք մեր ― cnōłkʻ mer ― the authors of our being, our parents

   ըստ ծնօղին եւ ծնունդն ― əst cnōłin ew cnundn ― like produces like

2. cause, source

   ծնօղ ծանունց չարեաց ― cnōł canuncʻ čʻareacʻ ― source of the greatest evils

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ծնօղ (cnōł)		ծնօղք (cnōłkʻ)
genitive	ծնօղի (cnōłi)		ծնօղաց (cnōłacʻ)
dative	ծնօղի (cnōłi)		ծնօղաց (cnōłacʻ)
accusative	ծնօղ (cnōł)		ծնօղս (cnōłs)
ablative	ծնօղէ (cnōłē)		ծնօղաց (cnōłacʻ)
instrumental	ծնօղաւ (cnōław)		ծնօղօք (cnōłōkʻ)
locative	ծնօղի (cnōłi)		ծնօղս (cnōłs)

Descendants

• Armenian: ծնող (cnoġ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծնող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծնօղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւղ/-ող”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 343