ջորեակ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From ջորի (ǰori, “mule”) + -ակ (-ak, “diminutive suffix”) with an uncertain sense development also seen in Czech kobylka (“locust”), the diminutive of kobyla (“mare”).[1][2]
Noun
ջորեակ • (ǰoreak)
- a kind of small locust, or its wingless larva
- Coordinate term: մարախ (marax)
- 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.22:[3]
- Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա […]
- Ew ays icʿen, zor uticʿēkʿ i nocʿanē; zǰoreakd, ew or inčʿ nman ē nma, ew zxaragul, ew or inčʿ nman ē nma […]
- Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
- And of them, these you shall eat: the locust larva and those similar to it and the bald locust and those similar to it […]
- Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա […]
Usage notes
In Leviticus, translates Ancient Greek βροῦχος (broûkhos).
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ջորեակ (ǰoreak) | ջորեակք (ǰoreakkʿ) | |
| genitive | ջորեկի (ǰoreki) | ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʿ) | |
| dative | ջորեկի (ǰoreki) | ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʿ) | |
| accusative | ջորեակ (ǰoreak) | ջորեակս (ǰoreaks) | |
| ablative | ջորեկէ (ǰorekē) | ջորեկաց (ǰorekacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ջորեկաւ (ǰorekaw) | ջորեկաւք = ջորեկօք (ǰorekawkʿ = ǰorekōkʿ) | |
| locative | ջորեկի (ǰoreki) | ջորեակս (ǰoreaks) |
Descendants
- → Armenian: ջորյակ (ǰoryak) (learned)
Further reading
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 789
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373, 939
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , “ջորեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
References
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837) , “ջորեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 676a
- Ivanova, Valerija (2018) The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian, a master's thesis, Prague: Charles University, page 45
- Zēytʿunean A. S., editor (1993) Girkʿ Łewtacʿwocʿ [Book of Leviticus] (Hay hnaguyn tʿargmanakan hušarjanner; 4), critical text, Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, page 86