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քարբ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քարբ (kʻarb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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քարբ (kʻarb) (rare)

  1. a kind of serpent, asp, basilisk

Declension

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i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative քարբ (kʻarb) քարբեր (kʻarber)
dative քարբի (kʻarbi) քարբերի (kʻarberi)
ablative քարբից (kʻarbicʻ) քարբերից (kʻarbericʻ)
instrumental քարբով (kʻarbov) քարբերով (kʻarberov)
locative
definite forms
nominative քարբը/քարբն (kʻarbə/kʻarbn) քարբերը/քարբերն (kʻarberə/kʻarbern)
dative քարբին (kʻarbin) քարբերին (kʻarberin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative քարբս (kʻarbs) քարբերս (kʻarbers)
dative քարբիս (kʻarbis) քարբերիս (kʻarberis)
ablative քարբիցս (kʻarbicʻs) քարբերիցս (kʻarbericʻs)
instrumental քարբովս (kʻarbovs) քարբերովս (kʻarberovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative քարբդ (kʻarbd) քարբերդ (kʻarberd)
dative քարբիդ (kʻarbid) քարբերիդ (kʻarberid)
ablative քարբիցդ (kʻarbicʻd) քարբերիցդ (kʻarbericʻd)
instrumental քարբովդ (kʻarbovd) քարբերովդ (kʻarberovd)
locative

References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “քարբ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1560c
  • Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz; Ter Xačʻaturean, Artašēs (1992) “քարբ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 1091a
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    Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “քարբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 1368a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “քարբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 561c

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Unclear.[1] Most likely derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut),[2][3] but not directly inherited.[4][5] A Mediterranean-Pontic substrate or an Iranian mediation is often postulated as donor: compare Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos, scorpion; sea-fish), Persian کروه (karva) and possibly also Latvian ķirpis (woodboring beetle).

Moreover, Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion), Classical Syriac ܥܩܪܒܐ (‘eqarbā), Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ, scorpion) and Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, horned beetle; crayfish) share phonetic similarities with this word as well. Martirosyan also finds connections with կարիճ (karič), կոր (kor) and the dialectal term քարպիճոն (kʻarpičon, a kind of horny insect).[4]

Noun

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քարբ (kʻarb)

  1. a kind of serpent, asp, basilisk
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron] Homily IX:[6][7]
      [] ո՞չ նայիցիմք ընդ առաքեալն Աստուծոյ, որպէս և գրեալ է ի պրակս առաքելոցն, թէ՝ մինչ դեռ զխռիւն ժողովէր Պաւղոս՝ իժ մի քարբ կախեցաւ զձեռանէ նորա []
      [] o?čʻ nayicʻimkʻ ənd aṙakʻealn Astucoy, orpēs ew greal ē i praks aṙakʻelocʻn, tʻē, minčʻ deṙ zxṙiwn žołovēr Pawłos, iž mi kʻarb kaxecʻaw zjeṙanē nora []
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Do we not observe the Apostle of God, as is written in the Acts of the Apostles, how while Paul was gathering brushwood a scorpion hung from his hand []

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: քարբ (kʻarb) (learned), քարբի օձ (kʻarbi ōj) (dialectal)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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, page 101
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քարբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 561a
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “քարբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 778b
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 656-657
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship[1], number 10, page 116
  6. ^ Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron]‎[2], Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 313–314
  7. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, page 241

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “քարբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 997a
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “քարբ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1472a
  • Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1892) “քարբ”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume II (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 252
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “քարբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 561c
  • Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “քարբ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press, page 691a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քարբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 747a