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 ասղանancʻucʻanel 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 (asłaktucʻ)
  • ասղանագործ (asłanagorc)
  • ասղանագործութիւն (asłanagorcutʻiwn)
  • ասղանեթոռոպ (asłanetʻoṙop)
  • ասղանի (asłani)
  • ասղենի (asłeni)
  • ասղնագործ (asłnagorc)
  • ասղնագործութիւն (asłnagorcutʻiwn)
  • ասղնաթոռոպ (asłnatʻoṙop)
  • ասղնածեծ (asłnacec)
  • ասղնանի (asłnani)
  • ասղնաչափ (asłnačʻapʻ)
  • ասղնեայ (asłneay)
  • ասղնեգործ (asłnegorc)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ասեղ (aseġ)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; 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 and Boston: Brill, page 115

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասեղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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