էգ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eg"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian էգ (ēg); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

էգ • (ēg)

  1. female (of animals)

Declension

Noun

էգ • (ēg)

  1. female animal
  2. (derogatory) woman

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • իգ (ig) post-Classical

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yews-i(e)h₂- or *yews-it- with Sanskrit योषा (yóṣā-, girl, young woman), योषित् (yoṣít-, girl, young woman) as cognates.

Adjective

էգ • (ēg)

  1. female
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).4.1–2:[1]
      Զի են եւ քարինք ինչ հրահանաց արու եւ էգ․ մինչեւ բացեայ ի միմեանց են, չհարկանի ուրէք հրդեհ. ապա թէ մաւտիցի արուն յէգն, հուր բորբոքի եւ այրէ զվայրս բազումս։
      Zi en ew kʻarinkʻ inčʻ hrahanacʻ aru ew ēg; minčʻew bacʻeay i mimeancʻ en, čʻharkani urēkʻ hrdeh. apa tʻē mawticʻi arun yēgn, hur borbokʻi ew ayrē zvayrs bazums.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There exist certain fire-striking stones, male and female. As long as they are separate from one another, nowhere fire is lit, but if the male approaches the female, it sets fire and burns many places.

Declension

Noun

էգ • (ēg)

  1. female

Declension

Derived terms

  • արուէգ (aruēg)
  • իգաբար (igabar)
  • իգագոյն (igagoyn)
  • իգախազութիւն (igaxazutʻiwn)
  • իգախառնութիւն (igaxaṙnutʻiwn)
  • իգական (igakan)
  • իգակերպ (igakerp)
  • իգամոլ (igamol)
  • իգամոլի (igamoli)
  • իգամոլիմ (igamolim)
  • իգամոլութիւն (igamolutʻiwn)
  • իգանամ (iganam)
  • իգապէս (igapēs)
  • իգասէր (igasēr)
  • իգատենչ (igatenčʻ)
  • իգացութիւն (igacʻutʻiwn)
  • իգացուցանեմ (igacʻucʻanem)
  • իգութիւն (igutʻiwn)
  • որձեւէգ (orjewēg)

Descendants

  • Armenian: էգ (ēg)

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 93, 143

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “էգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “էգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “էգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 276
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