իժ
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Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian իժ (iž).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /iʒ/, [iʒ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /iʒ/, [iʒ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
[edit]իժ • (iž)
- viper
- any snake
- (figuratively) cruel, wicked person
Declension
[edit]| i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | իժ (iž) | իժեր (ižer) | ||
| dative | իժի (iži) | իժերի (ižeri) | ||
| ablative | իժից (ižicʻ) | իժերից (ižericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | իժով (ižov) | իժերով (ižerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | իժը/իժն (ižə/ižn) | իժերը/իժերն (ižerə/ižern) | ||
| dative | իժին (ižin) | իժերին (ižerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | իժս (ižs) | իժերս (ižers) | ||
| dative | իժիս (ižis) | իժերիս (ižeris) | ||
| ablative | իժիցս (ižicʻs) | իժերիցս (ižericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | իժովս (ižovs) | իժերովս (ižerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | իժդ (ižd) | իժերդ (ižerd) | ||
| dative | իժիդ (ižid) | իժերիդ (ižerid) | ||
| ablative | իժիցդ (ižicʻd) | իժերիցդ (ižericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | իժովդ (ižovd) | իժերովդ (ižerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- իւժ (iwž)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁(e)gʷʰ-y-ós, from *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun
[edit]իժ • (iž)
- viper
- 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).13.2:[1]
- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զիժէ, թէ յորժամ արուն ընդ իգին լինի, ընդ բերանն իգանայ
- Baroyaxawsn asē zižē, tʻē yoržam arun ənd igin lini, ənd berann iganay
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the viper, that when the male has intercourse with the female, it has intercourse through the mouth.
- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զիժէ, թէ յորժամ արուն ընդ իգին լինի, ընդ բերանն իգանայ
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna).
Declension
[edit]i-type
Adjective
[edit]իժ • (iž)
- (figuratively) malicious like a viper
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: իժ (iž)
References
[edit]- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 107, 148
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 300
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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- xcl:Snakes