տզրկաձև

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

տզրուկ (tzruk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ձեւ (jew)

Adjective[edit]

տզրկաձև (tzrkajew)

  1. leech-shaped
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] , (published in Srboy hōrn meroy Movsēsi Xorenacʻwoy Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ, St. Lazarus, Venice (1843), page 594):
      եւ է տզրկաձեւ բազմաճիւղ․ յորում գետք հզօրք քսանեւմի, եւ յոյժ մեծածառ անտառս
      ew ē tzrkajew bazmačiwł; yorum getkʻ hzōrkʻ kʻsanewmi, ew yoyž mecacaṙ antaṙs
      and [Albion] has the shape of a leech and is branching; in which [there are] twenty one mighty rivers and forests with very lofty trees

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տզրկաձև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տզրկաձև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy