ցանցորդ

Old Armenian

Etymology

ցանց (cʿancʿ) + -որդ (-ord)

Noun

ցանցորդ (cʿancʿord)

  1. seiner, fisherman
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] 2.85[1]:
      Ոչ կարեմ ասել զերգագութիւն ձեռինն, ո՛րպէս անբաւք ի նմանէ յերկիր անկեալ թաւալագլոր խաղային, օրինակ իմն ի գեղեցիկ ցանցորդէ լի ձկամբք յերկիր թօթափեալ ցանցոյն, կայտռէին յերեսս երկրին։
      Očʿ karem asel zergagutʿiwn jeṙinn, órpēs anbawkʿ i nmanē yerkir ankeal tʿawalaglor xałayin, ōrinak imn i gełecʿik cʿancʿordē li jkambkʿ yerkir tʿōtʿapʿeal cʿancʿoyn, kaytṙēin yeress erkrin.
      I am unable to describe the quickness of his arm and how an infinite number [of the enemy] were struck to the ground by him and rolled in the dust. Like a net full of fish emptied on the ground by an expert fisherman, they danced on the surface of the earth.[2]

Declension

References

  1. Movsēs Xorenacʿi (1913), M. Abełean and S. Yarutʿiwnean, editors, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ, Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʿakan Martiroseancʿi, pages 230–231
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources, Revised edition of 1978 edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 233

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), ցանցորդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 910a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), ցանցորդ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), ցանցորդ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1409c
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2016), “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 294
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ցանցորդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 715a
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.