զօրութիւն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

զօր (zōr) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)

Noun

զօրութիւն (zōrutʻiwn)

  1. strength, power
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Aynocʻik or yElsn ē xndrocʻ ew lucmancʻ 2.65:[1][2]
      Այ՟ ամենայն զօրութիւնքն թեւաբո՛յս լինին՝ վերին առ հայրն ճանապարհի ցանկացեալք եւ բաղձացեալք։
      Ay. amenayn zōrutʻiwnkʻn tʻewabóys linin, verin aṙ hayrn čanaparhi cʻankacʻealkʻ ew bałjacʻealkʻ.
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        All the powers of God are winged, striving for and desiring the path upward to the Father.
    • 13th century, Grigor Skewṙacʻi, Nerbołean i Surbn Nersēs Lambronacʻi  :[3]
      ի զօրութենէ մարմնոյ, ի բարեչափութենէ հասակի, ի գեղեցկամասնութենէ անդամոց Իսկ որ ի ներքուստ զբարեմասնութեանն սովորեցին նկարագրել զգեղ, այլ իմն ընդդիմակօք զքաջահաճութիւնն ստորագրեն
      i zōrutʻenē marmnoy, i barečʻapʻutʻenē hasaki, i geġecʻkamasnutʻenē andamocʻ [] Isk or i nerkʻust zbaremasnutʻeann sovorecʻin nkaragrel zgeġ, ayl imn ənddimakōkʻ zkʻaǰahačutʻiwnn storagren
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        bodily strength, height of good stature, the beautiful proportion of the limbs But those accustomed to describe the beauty of inner comeliness, portray this attractiveness as something under masks
  2. miracle

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զորություն (zorutʻyun)

References

  1. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 513
  2. ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement II: Questions and Answers on Exodus (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 111
  3. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73

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