մղձկութիւն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մձութիւն (mjutʻiwn) (misspelling)
  • մղձութիւն (młjutʻiwn) (variant reading)

Etymology

From *միղձ- (*miłj-), which is a by-form of միծ (mic) influenced by մղձկեմ (młjkem), +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun

մղձկութիւն • (młjkutʻiwn)

  1. duskiness, darkness (of smoke)

Declension

n-type
singular plural
nominative մղձկութիւն (młjkutʻiwn) մղձկութիւնք (młjkutʻiwnkʻ)
genitive մղձկութեան (młjkutʻean) մղձկութեանց (młjkutʻeancʻ)
dative մղձկութեան (młjkutʻean) մղձկութեանց (młjkutʻeancʻ)
accusative մղձկութիւն (młjkutʻiwn) մղձկութիւնս (młjkutʻiwns)
ablative մղձկութենէ (młjkutʻenē) մղձկութեանց (młjkutʻeancʻ)
instrumental մղձկութեամբ (młjkutʻeamb) մղձկութեամբք (młjkutʻeambkʻ)
locative մղձկութեան (młjkutʻean) մղձկութիւնս (młjkutʻiwns)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մձութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մձութիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 469