կողմնացոյց

Old Armenian

Etymology

կողմն (kołmn) + -ա- (-a-) + ցուցանեմ (cʿucʿanem)

Noun

կողմնացոյց (kołmnacʿoycʿ)

  1. (post-classical, modern) compass
    կողմնացոյց ծովայինkołmnacʿoycʿ covayinmariner's compass, sea-compass
    կողմնացոյց ծոցոյkołmnacʿoycʿ cocʿoypocket, portable or travelling compass
  2. (post-classical, modern) chorographical chart

Declension

Descendants

Adjective

կողմնացոյց (kołmnacʿoycʿ)

  1. (post-classical, modern) showing the direction (said of a compass needle)
    • 1802, Łukas Inčičean, Ašxarhagrutʿiwn čʿoricʿ masancʿ ašxarhi, Asioy, Ewropoy, Apʿrikoy ew Amerikoy [Geography of Four Continents: Asia, Europe, Africa and America] part 4, page 51, (in Google Books):
      ՚Ի 14 նորին ամսոյ՝ գոլով հեռացեալ ՚ի քանարեան կղցեաց առաւել ք՟ 100 փարսախաւ, ետես քոլոմպոս զի սլաքն կողմնացոյց՝ միով աստիճանաւ խոտորէր ը՟ հիւսիսային արևմուտս. []
      ’I 14 norin amsoy, golov heṙacʿeal ’i kʿanarean kłcʿeacʿ aṙawel kʿ. 100 pʿarsaxaw, etes kʿolompos zi slakʿn kołmnacʿoycʿ, miov astičanaw xotorēr ə. hiwsisayin arewmuts. []
      On the 14th of the same month, having departed from the Canary Islands for more than 100 leagues, Columbus observed that the needle showing the direction varied by one degree to the northwest []

Further reading

  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1804), bussola”, in Baṙaran yitalakan lezuē i hay ew i tačik barbaṙ [Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 123b
  • Awgerean, Yarutʿiwn (1821), compass”, in Baṙaran Angłiarēn ew Hayerēn [A Dictionary English and Armenian], with the assitance of John Brand Esqre. A. M., Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 170b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կողմնացոյց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 353b
  • Kʿaǰuni, Manuēl (1893), կողմնացոյց”, in Baṙgirkʿ aruesticʿ ew gitutʿeancʿ ew gełecʿik dprutʿeancʿ. Hamaṙōt baṙgirkʿ gitutʿeancʿ ew aruesticʿ ew gełecʿik dprutʿeancʿ hayerēn-gałłieren [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres. Concise Armenian–French Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres] (in Old Armenian and French), volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 126a
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