մրջիւնառիւծ

մրջիւնառիւծ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• մրջմնառիւծ (mrǰmnaṙiwc), մրջնառիւծ (mrǰnaṙiwc), մրջունառեւծ (mrǰunaṙewc), մրջունառիւծ (mrǰunaṙiwc), մրջիւնառեւծ (mrǰiwnaṙewc), մրջեանառիւծ (mrǰeanaṙiwc)

Etymology

From մրջիւն (mrǰiwn) +‎ առիւծ (aṙiwc). Calque of Ancient Greek μυρμηκολέων (murmēkoléōn).

Noun

մրջիւնառիւծ • (mrǰiwnaṙiwc)

1. antlion
   • 5th century, Bible, Job 4.11:[1]

     Մրջիւնառիւծն սատակեցաւ առ ի չգոյէ կերակրոյ․ կորիւնք առիւծուց լքին զմիմեանս։

     Mrǰiwnaṙiwcn satakecʿaw aṙ i čʿgoyē kerakroy; koriwnkʿ aṙiwcucʿ lkʿin zmimeans.

     • Translation by Claude E. Cox

       The ant-lion perished for lack of food; the lions' whelps abandoned one another.

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).23.2–3:[2]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զմրջունառեւծէ, թէ հաւր նորա դեմք առեւծու են եւ մաւրն՝ մրջմանն․ հայրն գիշակեր է եւ մայրն հնդակեր։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zmrǰunaṙewcē, tʿē hawr nora demkʿ aṙewcu en ew mawrn, mrǰmann; hayrn gišaker ē ew mayrn hndaker.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the ant-lion, that its father has the face of a lion and the mother—of an ant; its father is carnivorous, and the mother—pulse-eater.

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).23.9:[3]

     Ապա ուրեմն բարւոք խաւսեցաւ բարոյախաւսն վասն մրջիւնառեւծուն։

     Apa uremn barwokʿ xawsecʿaw baroyaxawsn vasn mrǰiwnaṙewcun.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       So Physiologus spoke well about the ant-lion.

Usage notes

• In the Bible and the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek μυρμηκολέων (murmēkoléōn).

Descendants

• → Armenian: մրջնառյուծ (mrǰnaṙyuc) (learned)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) , “մրջիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 371a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , “մրջիւնառիւծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 69
2. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 127, 156
3. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 128, 157