գիշակեր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գիշակեր (gišaker).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

գիշակեր (gišaker)

  1. flesh-eating, carnivorous

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

գէշ (gēš) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ -կեր (-ker, to eat)

Adjective[edit]

գիշակեր (gišaker)

  1. flesh-eating, carnivorous
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).23.2–3:[1]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զմրջունառեւծէ, թէ հաւր նորա դեմք առեւծու են եւ մաւրն՝ մրջմանն․ հայրն գիշակեր է եւ մայրն հնդակեր։
      Baroyaxawsn asē zmrǰunaṙewcē, tʻē hawr nora demkʻ aṙewcu en ew mawrn, mrǰmann; hayrn gišaker ē ew mayrn hndaker.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the ant-lion, that its father has the face of a lion and the mother—of an ant; its father is carnivorous, and the mother—pulse-eater.

Usage notes[edit]

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գիշակեր (gišaker)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 61, 127, 156

Further reading[edit]

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