Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սովամահ (sovamah).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

սովամահ (sovamah)

  1. starved to death or dying of starvation

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From սով (sov) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ մահ (mah).

Adjective edit

սովամահ (sovamah)

  1. starved to death or dying of starvation
    • 5th century, Bible, Proverbs 10.3:
      Ոչ սովամահ առնէ Տէր զանձն արդարոյ, եւ զկեանս ամպարշտաց կործանեսցէ։
      Očʻ sovamah aṙnē Tēr zanjn ardaroy, ew zkeans amparštacʻ korcanescʻē.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).15.6:[1]
      Երկրորդ բարք մրջմանն․ յորժամ համբարեսցէ զհատսն յորջսն, ընդ մէջ կտրէ, թէ գուցէ ձմեռն գա, եւ անձրեւք լինին, եւ բուսանին հատքն, եւ սովամահ լինիցին։
      Erkrord barkʻ mrǰmann; yoržam hambarescʻē zhatsn yorǰsn, ənd mēǰ ktrē, tʻē gucʻē jmeṙn ga, ew anjrewkʻ linin, ew busanin hatkʻn, ew sovamah linicʻin.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        The second custom of the ant: when it stores up the grain in its nest, it cuts it in the middle, so that when winter comes and it rains, lest the grain germinate and it starve to death

Usage notes edit

In the Bible and the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek λιμοκτονέω (limoktonéō).

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սովամահ (sovamah)

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 61, 111, 150

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սովամահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սովամահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy