Armenian

Noun

ծուծ • ‎(cuc)

1. marrow, bone marrow
2. brain
3. (figuratively) essence, pith
4. (figuratively) riches, possessions
5. the action of sucking

Declension

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “ծուծ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

A baby-talk word of Proto-Indo-European origin, related to ծիծ ‎(cic) and տիտ ‎(tit).

Noun

ծուծ • ‎(cuc)

1. substance to be sucked
2. kind of a tax (?)
3. (in the plural) the nostrils
4. (post-classical, modern) marrow

   ուղ եւ ծուծ‎ ― uł ew cuc ― quintessence

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ծուծ ‎(cuc)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծուծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծուծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծուծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 340