Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From թուխ (tʻux).

Verb edit

թխեմ (tʻxem)

  1. (transitive) to sit on eggs, to sit brooding, to hatch, to brood
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).21.2:[1]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զկաքաւէ, թէ զայլոյ ձուս թխէ եւ ձագս հանէ։
      Baroyaxawsn asē zkakʻawē, tʻē zayloy jus tʻxē ew jags hanē.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the partridge that it hatches the eggs of another and breeds nestlings.
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).21.3:[2]
      Քանզի զաւտարին ձուս գողանայ եւ յիւր բունն տանի․ եւ մինչ չկարէ հանդարտել թխոյն վասն բազում ձագուցն, երթայ կուտէ խռիւ ինչ եւ թոյլ տայ, որ ցամաքի․ եւ այնպէս խռուովն հանդերձ թխէ։
      Kʻanzi zawtarin jus gołanay ew yiwr bunn tani; ew minčʻ čʻkarē handartel tʻxoyn vasn bazum jagucʻn, ertʻay kutē xṙiw inčʻ ew tʻoyl tay, or cʻamakʻi; ew aynpēs xṙuovn handerj tʻxē.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        For it steals the eggs of the others and takes them to its nest; and until it cannot rest sitting on eggs because of many nestlings, it goes, heaps some brushwood and lets it dry up, and thus sits on eggs with the brushwood.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 123, 154
  2. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[2], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 123, 154

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 203–204
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թխեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թխեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy