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Old Armenian
Etymology
From բարոյք (baroykʻ) + -ա- (-a-) + խօսիմ (xōsim).
Noun
բարոյախօս • (baroyaxōs)
- one who inquires into the behavior of animals (with moral and theological applications)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).1.1–3:
[1]- Որպէս բարոյախաւսն ասէ, յորժամ ծերասցի եւ վատիցի յերկոցունց աչացն, եւ չկարէ տեսանել զլոյսն արեգական, զի՞նչ հնարեսցի իւր գեղեցիկ բնութեամբ։
- Orpēs baroyaxawsn asē, yoržam cerascʻi ew vaticʻi yerkocʻuncʻ ačʻacʻn, ew čʻkarē tesanel zloysn aregakan, zi?nčʻ hnarescʻi iwr gełecʻik bnutʻeamb.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- As Physiologus says, When it grows old and becomes weak in both eyes and cannot see the sunlight, to what trick does it resort by its nice nature?
Usage notes
- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek φυσιολόγος (phusiológos).
Descendants
See also
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, pages 86, 141
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարոյախօս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարոյախօս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy