աստուածաշունչ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From աստուած (astuac, God) + -ա- (-a-) + շնչեմ (šnčʻem, to breathe). Calque of Ancient Greek θεό-πνευστος (theó-pneustos, inspired by God).[1]

Adjective

աստուածաշունչ • (astuacašunčʻ)

  1. (of Scripture) God-breathed, inspired by God
    • 5th century, Athanasius, Sermons, Letters and Controversies :[2]
      Մի՛ լիցի ընդդիմասացութիւն մարդոյ՝ աստուածաշունչ գրոց, որպէս թէ ո՛չ միաբանութեամբ զամենայն ճառեալ։
      Mí licʻi ənddimasacʻutʻiwn mardoy, astuacašunčʻ grocʻ, orpēs tʻē óčʻ miabanutʻeamb zamenayn čaṙeal.

Usage notes

In Athanasius, աստուածաշունչ գիրք (astuacašunčʻ girkʻ) translates Ancient Greek θεόπνευστος γραφή (theópneustos graphḗ).

Descendants

  • Armenian: աստվածաշունչ (astvacašunčʻ)

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, page 62
  2. Atʻanas Ałekʻsandracʻi (1899) Esayi Tayecʻi, editor, S. Atʻanasi Ałekʻsandrioy hayrapeti čaṙkʻ, tʻułtʻkʻ ew ənddimascʻutʻiwnkʻ [Sermons, Letters and Controversies by Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 143

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