ճիգն

The origin is uncertain.

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 čgambkʻ ― with all one's strength or ability

   ճգունք մարտի ― čgunkʻ marti ― the toils of war

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

   զամենայն յանձին ունել, թափել, ի մեջ առնուլ, բազում ճգունս առնել ― zamenayn yanjin unel, tʻapʻel, 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 čgambkʻ gun gorcel ― to make a last effort, or final efforts

• Armenian: ճիգ (čig)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճիգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճիգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճիգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press