թիւրակէ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թերակէ (tʻerakē), թերիակէ (tʻeriakē), թիրակէ (tʻirakē)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ).

Noun

թիւրակէ • (tʻiwrakē)

  1. antidote against a poisonous bite
    • 5th century, Pʿawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʿiwnʿ [History of the Armenians] V.24:[1]
      Իսկ մեծամեծք նախարարացն մատուցանէին նմա թիւրակէս եւ անդեղեայս վասն ապրելոյ․
      Isk mecameckʻ naxararacʻn matucʻanēin nma tʻiwrakēs ew andełeays vasn apreloy;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And the magnates offered him tʻiwrakēs and antidotes that he might live.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թյուրակե (tʻyurake)

References

  1. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 204

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թիւրակէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիւրակէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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