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Old Armenian
Etymology
The root is երկ- (erk-), from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). For the sound change see երկու (erku).
Noun
երկն • (erkn)
- birth throes, birth pangs, labour pains, travail
5th century,
Bible,
Job 2.9b:
- ուստերք քո եւ դստերք իմոյ որովայնի երկք եւ երկունք [translating ὠδῖνες (ōdînes)]
- usterkʻ kʻo ew dsterkʻ imoy orovayni erkkʻ ew erkunkʻ [translating ὠδῖνες (ōdînes)]
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- your sons and daughters, my womb's labours and birth-pangs
5th? century,
Movsēs Xorenacʻi,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ I.31.Birth of Vahagn:
- Երկնէր երկին, երկնէր երկիր, երկնէր եւ ծովն ծիրանի․
երկն ի ծովուն ունէր եւ զկարմրիկն եղեգնիկ. ընդ եղեգան փող ծուխ ելանէր, ընդ եղեգան փող բոց ելանէր.
եւ ի բոցոյն վազէր խարտեաշ պատանեկիկ. նա հուր հեր ունէր,
ապա թէ բոց ունէր մօրուս, եւ աչկունքն էին արեգակունք- Erknēr erkin, erknēr erkir, erknēr ew covn cirani;
erkn i covun unēr ew zkarmrikn ełegnik. ənd ełegan pʻoł cux elanēr, ənd ełegan pʻoł bocʻ elanēr.
ew i bocʻoyn vazēr xarteaš patanekik. na hur her unēr,
apa tʻē bocʻ unēr mōrus, ew ačʻkunkʻn ēin aregakunkʻ
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Heaven was in travail, earth was in travail, the purple sea
was also in travail; in the sea travail also gripped the red
reed. From the tube of the reed came forth smoke, from
the tube of the reed came forth flame. From the flame a
red-headed young boy ran out. He had fire for hair, and
had flame for beard, and his eyes were suns.
- fear, grief, sorrow
Usage notes
- Mostly used in the plural երկունք (erkunkʻ).
- Should not be confused with երկ (erk, “work, labour”).
Declension
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- ^ 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 58
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources, revised edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 119
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], 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 267