Old Armenian

Noun

ճիգն • ‎(čign)

1. effort, endeavour, attempt, study; labour, work, pains, suffering, hardship, toil, fatigue; danger, hazard, jeopardy; crisis; conflict, contest, combat, fight; austere or ascetic life

   ճիգն ի ճիգն‎ ― čign i čign ― close or hard by, one after the other, without intervals

   ամենայն ճգամբք‎ ― amenayn čgambkʿ ― with all one's strength or ability

   ճգունք մարտի‎ ― čgunkʿ marti ― the toils of war

   տանել մեծամեծ ճգանց‎ ― tanel mecamec čgancʿ ― to bear or sustain great hardships

   զամենայն յանձին ունել, թափել, ի մեջ առնուլ, բազում ճգունս առնել‎ ― zamenayn yanjin unel, tʿapʿel, i meǰ aṙnul, bazum čguns aṙnel ― to strive or struggle hard, to do one's best or utmost, to redouble one's endeavours, to make superhuman efforts

   ճիգն դնել‎ ― čign dnel ― to make an effort, to strive, to endeavour

   դնել զյետին ճիգն, յետին ճգամբք գուն գործել‎ ― dnel zyetin čign, yetin čgambkʿ gun gorcel ― to make a last effort, or final efforts

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ճիգ ‎(čig)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ճիգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ճիգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ճիգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935