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ջորեակ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From ջորի (ǰori, mule) +‎ -ակ (-ak, diminutive suffix) with an uncertain sense development also seen in Czech kobylka (locust), the diminutive of kobyla (mare).[1][2]

Noun

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ջորեակ (ǰoreak)

  1. a kind of small locust, or its wingless larva
    Coordinate term: մարախ (marax)
    • 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.22:[3]
      Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա []
      Ew ays icʻen, zor uticʻēkʻ i nocʻanē; zǰoreakd, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma, ew zxaragul, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma []
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        And of them, these you shall eat: the locust larva and those similar to it and the bald locust and those similar to it []

Usage notes

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In Leviticus, translates Ancient Greek βροῦχος (broûkhos).

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative ջորեակ (ǰoreak) ջորեակք (ǰoreakkʻ)
genitive ջորեկի (ǰoreki) ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʻ)
dative ջորեկի (ǰoreki) ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʻ)
accusative ջորեակ (ǰoreak) ջորեակս (ǰoreaks)
ablative ջորեկէ (ǰorekē) ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʻ)
instrumental ջորեկաւ (ǰorekaw) ջորեկաւք = ջորեկօք (ǰorekawkʻ = ǰorekōkʻ)
locative ջորեկի (ǰoreki) ջորեակս (ǰoreaks)

Descendants

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  • Armenian: ջորյակ (ǰoryak) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջորեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 676a
  2. ^ Ivanova, Valerija (2018) The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian[1], a master's thesis, Prague: Charles University, page 45
  3. ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1993), Girkʻ Łewtacʻwocʻ [Book of Leviticus] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 4)‎[2], Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, page 86

Further reading

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 789
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373, 939
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջորեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy