կտև

կտև

Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Compare կեղեւ (kełew).

Noun

կտև • (ktew)

1. rind, shell, bark (of fruits, nuts, trees)
   • c. 1130, Dawitʿ Ganjakecʿi, Xratkʿ kanonakankʿ [Canonical advice] 10:[1][2][3]

     Իսկ զտուեալն ի նոցանէ մի՛ կերիցեն՝ զհաց, զպանիր, զմիս, զխաւարտ, զխաղող, զգինի, բայց յայնցանէ, որ կտեւովն (var. կտովն) են՝ ընգույզ, նուռնն, խարբզակ և այլք այսպիսիք, եւ այնոքիկ, որ ի պէտս մարմնոյ բժշկութեան վարեն, բայց ի թիրակեաց, եւս պիղծ դեղոց։

     Isk ztuealn i nocʿanē mí kericʿen, zhacʿ, zpanir, zmis, zxawart, zxałoł, zgini, baycʿ yayncʿanē, or ktewovn (var. ktovn) en, ənguyz, nuṙnn, xarbzak ew aylkʿ ayspisikʿ, ew aynokʿik, or i pēts marmnoy bžškutʿean varen, baycʿ i tʿirakeacʿ, ews piłc dełocʿ.

     • Translation by C.J.F. Dowsett

       One shall not eat anything given by them [the infidels] — bread, cheese, meat, vegetables, grapes, and wine — except for those [fruits] which are in shells [or rinds] : walnuts, pomegranates, and melons, etc., and those things which are used to heal the body, apart from theriaca and other filthy drugs.

Derived terms

• կտուել (ktuel), քթուել (kʿtʿuel)
• կտուած (ktuac)

Descendants

• Armenian: կտեփ (ktepʿ)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կտև”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 676–677
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “կտև”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 453a
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “կտև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 390a
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395

References

1. Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 216. Scriptores Armeniaci; 3)‎, a critical edition of the Armenian text prepared by A. Abrahamyan, Louvain: Peeters, page 17
2. Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 217. Scriptores Armeniaci; 4)‎, a translation from Armenian into English, Louvain: Peeters, page 14
3. Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395