պերկես

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A modern literary coinage based on Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē), genitive πέρκης (pérkēs). Probably coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պերկես (perkes)

  1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Hechtbarsch”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 821a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “պերկէս”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 94c
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 188–189