Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մուրացիկ (muracʻik); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. beggar, mendicant

Declension edit

Adjective edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. given to begging, mendicant
  2. begged, obtained by begging

Declension edit

Adverb edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. as a beggar

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “մուրացիկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From մուրաց- (muracʻ-) +‎ -իկ (-ik).

Noun edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. beggar, mendicant, supplicator

Declension edit

Adjective edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. given to begging, mendicant
  2. begged, borrowed

Declension edit

Adverb edit

մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. as a beggar
    մուրացիկ շրջելmuracʻik šrǰelto go begging, to mump

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուրացիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մուրացիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եցիկ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48