թևաբոյս
Old Armenian
Etymology
From թեւ (tʿew) + -ա- (-a-) + բուսանիմ (busanim). Calque of Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]
Adjective
թևաբոյս • (tʿewaboys)
- 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 zōrutʿiwnkʿn tʿewabóys linin, verin aṙ hayrn čanaparhi cʿankacʿealkʿ ew bałjacʿealkʿ.
- 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
- Usually used in the phrase թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʿewaboys linim, “to grow feathers or wings”).
- In Philo, թեւաբոյս լինիմ (tʿewaboys linim) translates Ancient Greek πτεροφυέω (pterophuéō).[1]
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “թևաբոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “թևաբոյս”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “թևաբոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
References
- Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 61
- Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1826) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy mnacʿordkʿ i hays, or en Meknutʿiwn Cnndocʿ ew Elicʿ, Čaṙkʿ i Sampʿson, 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