թևաբոյս
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From թեւ (tʻew) + -ա- (-a-) + բուսանիմ (busanim). Calque of Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]
Adjective edit
թևաբոյս • (tʻewaboys)
- that has grown feathers or wings; winged
- 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Aynocʿik or yElsn ē xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Exodum] 2.65:[2][3]
- Այ՟ ամենայն զօրութիւնքն թեւաբո՛յս լինին՝ վերին առ հայրն ճանապարհի ցանկացեալք եւ բաղձացեալք։
- Ay. amenayn zōrutʻiwnkʻn tʻewabóys linin, verin aṙ hayrn čanaparhi cʻankacʻealkʻ ew bałjacʻealkʻ.
- Translation by Ralph Marcus
- All the powers of God are winged, striving for and desiring the path upward to the Father.
- Այ՟ ամենայն զօրութիւնքն թեւաբո՛յս լինին՝ վերին առ հայրն ճանապարհի ցանկացեալք եւ բաղձացեալք։
Usage notes edit
- Usually used in the phrase թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʻewaboys linim, “to grow feathers or wings”).
- In Philo, թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʻewaboys linim) translates Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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, page 61
- ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 513
- ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement II: Questions and Answers on Exodus (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 111
Further reading edit
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թևաբոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “թևաբոյս”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թևաբոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy