Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ասիղն ‎(asiłn), ասեղ ‎(aseł), ասեխ ‎(asex) (post-classical)

Noun

ասեղն • ‎(asełn)

1. needle

   ծակ ասղան‎ ― cak asłan ― eye of a needle

   անցուցանել դերձան ընդ ծակ ասղան‎ ― ancʿucʿanel derjan ənd cak asłan ― to thread a needle

   մագնիսեալ ասեղն‎ ― magniseal asełn ― magnetic needle

Declension

Usage notes

The word has many combining forms — ասղան- ‎(asłan-), ասեղն- ‎(asełn-), ասղն- ‎(asłn-), ասղ- ‎(asł-).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ասեղ ‎(aseł)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ասեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ասեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ասեղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aseɫn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 115