թևաբոյս

Old Armenian

Etymology

From թեւ (tʻew) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ բուսանիմ (busanim). Calque of Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]

Adjective

թևաբոյս • (tʻewaboys)

  1. that has grown feathers or wings; winged
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Aynocʿik or yElsn ē xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Exodum] 2.65:[2][3]
      Այ՟ ամենայն զօրութիւնքն թեւաբո՛յս լինին՝ վերին առ հայրն ճանապարհի ցանկացեալք եւ բաղձացեալք։
      Ay. amenayn zōrutʻiwnkʻn tʻewabóys linin, verin aṙ hayrn čanaparhi cʻankacʻealkʻ ew bałjacʻealkʻ.
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        All the powers of God are winged, striving for and desiring the path upward to the Father.

Usage notes
  • Usually used in the phrase թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʻewaboys linim, “to grow feathers or wings”).
  • In Philo, թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʻewaboys linim) translates Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]

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 61
  2. Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 513
  3. Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement II: Questions and Answers on Exodus (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 111

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թևաբոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “թևաբոյս”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թևաբոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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