ծանրութիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ծանր (canr, “heavy”) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn, “-ness”).

Noun

ծանրութիւն • (canrutʻiwn)

  1. heaviness
  2. (figuratively) heaviness, grievousness; importance; gravity, seriousness; heaviness, dullness; uneasiness, low-spirits, dejection
    ծանրութիւն գլխոյ ― canrutʻiwn glxoy ― oppression, heaviness in the head
    ծանրութիւն ստամոքաց ― canrutʻiwn stamokʻacʻ ― weight on the stomach
    ծանրութիւն լսելեաց ― canrutʻiwn lseleacʻ ― hardness of hearing
    ծանրութիւն քնոյ ― canrutʻiwn kʻnoy ― lethargic sleep
    ծանրութիւն ստգտանաց սրտի ― canrutʻiwn stgtanacʻ srti ― remorse, compunction
  3. weight, load

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծանրություն (canrutʻyun) (çanrut’yun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանրութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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