շնորհաբաշխ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շնորհաբաշխ (šnorhabašx).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

շնորհաբաշխ (šnorhabašx)

  1. (literary) granting or distributing favours

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

շնորհ (šnorh) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ բաշխեմ (bašxem)

Adjective edit

շնորհաբաշխ (šnorhabašx)

  1. granting or distributing favours
    • 1350 – 1425, Aṙakʿel Siwnecʿi, Eulogy on Grigor Tatʿewacʿi :[1]
      զգեղեցկայարմար շրթունսն. զերկնակառոյց բազուկն, եւ զշնորհաբաշխ աջն. զպնտակազմ անդամսն, եւ զանսահելի ոտսն. զօձահալած գարշապարն, եւ զերկնաթռիչ գնացսն
      zgeġecʻkayarmar šrtʻunsn. zerknakaṙoycʻ bazukn, ew zšnorhabašx aǰn. zpntakazm andamsn, ew zansaheli otsn. zōjahalac garšaparn, ew zerknatʻṙičʻ gnacʻsn
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        beautifully shaped lips, his arm of heavenly construction, his right hand distributing favors, his firmly formed limbs and unwavering legs, his heel which trod on serpents, and his steps soaring heavenward

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շնորհաբաշխ (šnorhabašx)

References edit

  1. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73

Further reading edit