ծովախոզ

Armenian

FWOTD – 3 November 2019

Etymology

ծով (cov) + -ա- (-a-) + խոզ (xoz)

Pronunciation

Noun

ծովախոզ • (covaxoz)

  1. porpoise, sea hog[1]
  2. guinea pig
    Synonym: ծովախոզուկ (covaxozuk)
    • 1994, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland :
      Այստեղ ծովախոզերից մեկն սկսեց ծափահարել, բայց նրան անմիջապես կանխեցին։
      Aysteġ covaxozericʻ mekn sksecʻ capʻaharel, baycʻ nran anmiǰapes kanxecʻin.
      Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, but he was immediately suppressed.

Declension

References

  1. Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1892) “marsouin”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume II (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 41a
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