սիւն

Armenian

Noun

սիւն • (siwn)

  1. Traditional orthography spelling of սյուն (syun)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱiHwon-, whence also Ancient Greek κίων (kíōn, column). No other cognates survive.

Noun

սիւն • (siwn)

  1. column, pillar
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] 77:[1][2]
      Եւ սիւն լուսոյ ըստ օրինակի ծիածանի իջեալ յերկնից՝ շուրջ պարուրեալ զնահատակաց զմարմինս ծրափակէր։
      Ew siwn lusoy əst ōrinaki ciacani iǰeal yerknicʻ, šurǰ parureal znahatakacʻ zmarmins crapʻakēr.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        A column of light descended like a rainbow from heaven, surrounding and enveloping the bodies of the martyrs.

Declension

Derived terms

  • անսիւն (ansiwn)
  • սիւնագլուխ (siwnaglux)
  • սիւնակ (siwnak)
  • սիւնական (siwnakan)
  • սիւնակապեալ (siwnakapeal)
  • սիւնակեաց (siwnakeacʻ)
  • սիւնաձեւ (siwnajew)
  • սիւնամուտ (siwnamut)
  • սիւնանման (siwnanman)
  • սիւնատեսիլ (siwnatesil)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սյուն (syun)

References

  1. Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 102
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 152

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 12
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