dričin

Valthungian

Etymology

From Middle Valthungian daritjin. Who the heck knows? Spices are weird. Compare Persian دارچینی‎ (dâr-e-čini, dârčini) and Old Armenian դարիճենիկ (daričenik), both from Middle Iranian *{dār-i-čēnīk} ‘Chinese tree’, Aramaic דַּרְצִינִי‎ (darṣīnī), and Classical Syriac ܕܪܨܝܢܝ‎ (dārṣīnī), ܨܝܢܕܪܓ‎ (ṣīndreḡ). It is a mystery how the word travelled from Persian to Valthungian, and equally mysterious why the Valthungian form did not retain the long vowel in {dār-}, or indeed why it vanished altogether.

Noun

dričin

1. cinnamon (spice)

Declension

Strong neuter a-stem noun dričin, ‘{{{2}}}’
	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Sg.	dričin	dričinis	dričina	dričin
Pl.	dričina	dričinaro	dričinam	dričina