Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. beggar, mendicant

Declension

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Adjective

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

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

Declension

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Adverb

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. as a beggar

References

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

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From մուրաց- (muracʻ-) +‎ -իկ (-ik).

Noun

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

  1. beggar, mendicant, supplicator

Declension

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Adjective

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

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

Declension

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Adverb

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մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

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

Descendants

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  • Armenian: մուրացիկ (muracʻik)

References

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  • 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