մաշկաթև

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew), from Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew, having a wing of skin), originally an epithet of the bat.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մաշկաթև (maškatʻew)

  1. (rare) bat

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

մաշկաթև (maškatʻew)

  1. having a wing of skin

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • մաշկաթև”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մաշկաթև”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 26b

Middle Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew, having a wing of skin), originally an epithet of the bat.

Noun[edit]

մաշկաթև (maškatʻew), genitive singular մաշկաթեւի (maškatʻewi)

  1. bat
    • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ [Praise of Birds] 222.–225:[1]
      Մաշկաթեւին փետուր չկայր,
      Զինչ որ գործէ զսէկըն կաւշկար․
      Ունի ականջ ու ագին ի վայր,
      Յիստակ զեդ մուկն է ոստըւար։
      Maškatʻewin pʻetur čʻkayr,
      Zinčʻ or gorcē zsēkən kawškar;
      Uni akanǰ u agin i vayr,
      Yistak zed mukn ē ostəwar.
      The bat has no feathers,
      [It has a skin] like the leather dressed by a cobbler.
      It has ears and a downward tail
      Just like a mouse hanging down from a branch.
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] Table Š:
      թեւն եւ գունն մաշկաթեւ կու նմանի․ եւ ագին նման է մկան ագուն․ եւ մէջն փուշ ունի զերդ ասեղ
      tʻewn ew gunn maškatʻew ku nmani; ew agin nman ē mkan agun; ew mēǰn pʻuš uni zerd aseġ
      the wing and the color [of the stingray] are similar to a bat; the tail is similar to the tail of a mouse; and in it it has a sting like a needle
    • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] 137:
      Մաշկաթեւ · չղջիկան։
      Maškatʻew · čʻłǰikan.
      Maškatʻew — bat.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) ““Govankʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ” taġašarkʻə, nra heġinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 252 of 232–258

Further reading[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մաշկաթև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 450
  • Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 209, 264

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From մաշկ (mašk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ թեւ (tʻew).

Adjective[edit]

մաշկաթև (maškatʻew)

  1. having a wing of skin (an epithet of the bat)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաշկաթև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաշկաթև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 450