արծուի

• արծիւ (arciw) — post-Classical

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵipyós. Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás and possibly Ancient Greek αἰγίπιος (aigípios, “vulture”).

Urartian 𒅈𒍢𒁉𒉌 (ar-ṣi-bi-ni /⁠Arṣibini⁠/), attested as a name of a horse, possibly meaning ‘Eagle’, and the theonym 𒀭𒅈𒍢𒁁𒁲𒉌𒂊 (^dar-ṣi-be-di-ni-e /⁠Arṣibedini⁠/), are borrowed from Proto-Armenian. The element di- in the theonym may reflect Old Armenian դի-ք (di-kʻ, “gods”).

արծուի • (arcui)

1. eagle
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).9.2:[1]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զարծւոյ, թէ յորժամ ծերանայ, ծանրանան թեւքն նորա, եւ շլանան աչքն։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zarcwoy, tʻē yoržam ceranay, canranan tʻewkʻn nora, ew šlanan ačʻkʻn.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the eagle that when it grows old, its wings become heavy and its eyes grow dim.

2. (astronomy) Aquila

• Has three combining forms: արծուե- (arcue-), արծուա- (arcua-), արծ- (arc-). The last two are post-classical, and are from the form արծիւ (arciw).
• In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós).

• Armenian: > արծիվ (arciv) (inherited), → արծվի (arcvi) (learned)
• → Old Georgian: არწივი (arc̣ivi)
  • Georgian: არწივი (arc̣ivi)
  • → Bats: არწივ (arc̣iv)
  • → Chechen: аьрзу (ärzu, “eagle; vulture”)
    • → Lak: б-арзу (b-arzu)
  • → Ingush: аьрзи (ärzi, “eagle; vulture”)
  • → Laz: არწივი (arǯivi)
  • → Mingrelian: არწივი (arc̣ivi)
  • → Ossetian: арцъиу (arc’iw)
  • → Svan: ა̈რწიუ̂ (ärc̣iû)
  • → Udi: арцӏив (arc̣iv)

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