անթև

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian անթեւ (antʻew).

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Adjective[edit]

անթև (antʻew)

  1. wingless, without wings
  2. sleeveless

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ան- (an-) +‎ թեւ (tʻew)

Adjective[edit]

անթև (antʻew)

  1. wingless, without wings
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʿawreay ararčʿutʿean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron] Homily VII:[1][2]
      Դարձեալ և այլք, որ ձուս արկանեն, և բազում ազգք ամենայն ձկանց, որ ունին պէսպէս կերպարանս՝ կէսքն թեփամորթք և կէսքն լերկամորթք, կէսքն խայտաբղէտք, և կէսքն միատարրք, և կէսքն թևաւորք, և կէսքն անթևք։
      Darjeal ew aylkʻ, or jus arkanen, ew bazum azgkʻ amenayn jkancʻ, or unin pēspēs kerparans, kēskʻn tʻepʻamortʻkʻ ew kēskʻn lerkamortʻkʻ, kēskʻn xaytabłētkʻ, ew kēskʻn miatarrkʻ, ew kēskʻn tʻewaworkʻ, ew kēskʻn antʻewkʻ.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Furthermore others which lay eggs, and many kinds of all fishes that have various forms — some with scaly skin, some with hairless skin, some dappled, some homogeneous, some with fins, and some without fins.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անթեւ (antʻew)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron]‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 220
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, pages 186–187

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անթև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անթև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy