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ցանցորդ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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ցանց (cʻancʻ) +‎ -որդ (-ord)

Noun

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ցանցորդ (cʻancʻord)

  1. seiner, fisherman
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [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։
      Očʻ karem asel zergagutʻiwn jeṙinn, órpēs anbawkʻ i nmanē yerkir ankeal tʻawalaglor xałayin, ōrinak imn i gełecʻik cʻancʻordē li jkambkʻ yerkir tʻōtʻapʻeal cʻancʻoyn, 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

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References

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  1. ^ Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, pages 230–231
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources[1], revised edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 233

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ցանցորդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 910a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ցանցորդ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ցանցորդ”, in Baṙgirkʻ 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[2], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 294
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցանցորդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 715a