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Old Armenian
Etymology
էշ (ēš) + -ա- (-a-) + վայր (vayr)
Noun
իշավայր • (išavayr)
- onager, wild ass
- Synonym: ցիռ (cʻiṙ)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).12.2–3:
[1]- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ վասն ցռուց, թէ իշավայրն երամակապան է։ Յորժամ ծնանիցին մատակքն արու մտրուկ, հայրն ծամէ զկարեւորսն նորա, զի մի ի սերմն եւ ի զարմ բազմանայցէ։
- Baroyaxawsn asē vasn cʻṙucʻ, tʻē išavayrn eramakapan ē. Yoržam cnanicʻin matakkʻn aru mtruk, hayrn camē zkareworsn nora, zi mi i sermn ew i zarm bazmanaycʻē.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the onager that the wild ass is leader of a herd. When the females bring forth a male colt, the father chews its genitals, so that it is not propagated by seed and stock.
Declension
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 106, 148
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իշավայր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իշավայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy