Armenian

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Սառցահատներ (1) ձախից
 
Սառցահատ (2)

Etymology

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From սառույց (saṙuycʻ) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հատել (hatel). Calque of Russian ледоре́з (ledoréz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սառցահատ (saṙcʻahat)

  1. (architecture) ice apron, starling (a wedge-shaped structure for protecting a bridge pier from floating ice)
  2. icebreaker (ship)
    Synonym: (colloquial, proscribed) լեդակոլ (ledakol)

Declension

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References

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  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “սառցահատ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 187a
  • Ter-Mikʻayelyan, Lewon, editor (1925), “ледорез”, in Ṙus-hayeren baṙaran erkatʻuġayin terminneri [Russian–Armenian dictionary of railway terminology]‎[1], Tiflis, page 72b