Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծնող ‎(cnoł)
• ծնաւղ ‎(cnawł)

Noun

ծնօղ • ‎(cnōł)

1. parent, father, mother

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

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

2. cause

   ծնօղ ծանունց չարեաց‎ ― cnōł canuncʿ čʿareacʿ ― source of the greatest evils

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: ծնող ‎(cnoł)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծնող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծնօղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-աւղ/-ող”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 343