տզրկաձև

Old Armenian

Etymology

տզրուկ (tzruk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ձեւ (jew)

Adjective

տզրկաձև • (tzrkajew)

1. leech-shaped
   • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography] , (published in Srboy hōrn meroy Movsēsi Xorenacʻwoy Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ, St. Lazarus, Venice (1843), page 594):

     եւ է տզրկաձեւ բազմաճիւղ․ յորում գետք հզօրք քսանեւմի, եւ յոյժ մեծածառ անտառս

     ew ē tzrkajew bazmačiwł; yorum getkʻ hzōrkʻ kʻsanewmi, ew yoyž mecacaṙ antaṙs

     and [Albion] has the shape of a leech and is branching; in which [there are] twenty one mighty rivers and forests with very lofty trees

References

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