տզրկաձև

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

տզրուկ (tzruk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ձեւ (jew)

Adjective[edit]

տզրկաձև (tzrkajew)

  1. leech-shaped
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] , (published in Srboy hōrn meroy Movsēsi Xorenacʿwoy Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ, St. Lazarus, Venice (1843), page 594):
      եւ է տզրկաձեւ բազմաճիւղ․ յորում գետք հզօրք քսանեւմի, եւ յոյժ մեծածառ անտառս
      ew ē tzrkajew bazmačiwł; yorum getkʿ hzōrkʿ kʿsanewmi, ew yoyž mecacaṙ antaṙs
      and [Albion] has the shape of a leech and is branching; in which [there are] twenty one mighty rivers and forests with very lofty trees

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “տզրկաձև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “տզրկաձև”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy