ամենածաղիկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

ամէն (amēn) + -ա- (-a-) + ծաղիկ (całik)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ամենածաղիկ • (amenacałik)

  1. multicoloured
    Synonym: ամենախայտ (amenaxayt)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).19.12:[1]
      Որպէս զպանթերոյն ասէ բարոյախաւսն, եթէ ամենածաղիկ է․ զի ոչինչ առանց իրիք գիտութեան զանասնոց եւ զթռչնոց խաւսեցան աստուածեղէն գիրք։
      Orpēs zpantʻeroyn asē baroyaxawsn, etʻē amenacałik ē; zi očʻinčʻ aṙancʻ irikʻ gitutʻean zanasnocʻ ew ztʻṙčʻnocʻ xawsecʻan astuacełēn girkʻ.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        So Physiologus says about the panther that it is multicoloured. For the divine Scripture said nothing imprudently about animals and birds.

References

  1. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 119–120, 153

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