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Old Armenian
Etymology
Transliteration of Ancient Greek λάρναξ (lárnax), which must have stood in the Greek original of Paterica and was correctly transliterated by the Armenian translator as *լառնակ (*laṙnak). This was then "corrected" to լեառնակ (leaṙnak) by the later copying scribes, who were unfamiliar with the rare word and confused it with լեառն (leaṙn, “mountain”) and its derivatives, e.g. լեառնական (leaṙnakan, “mountainous”).
Noun
լեառնակ • (leaṙnak)
- (hapax) larnax
Varkʻ srbocʻ harancʾ Vasn poṙnkutʻean:
- […] եւ մտեալ անկցիս ՚ի վերայ լեառնակի (var. լեառնականի) հարցն եւ ասա […]
- […] ew mteal ankcʻis ’i veray leaṙnaki (var. leaṙnakani) harcʻn ew asa […]
- and having entered, you shall fall on the larnax of the fathers and say...
Usage notes
The word is not included in the standard dictionaries of Old Armenian. It is attested only once in the Armenian Paterica and was brought to light in 1944 by the Georgian Armenologist Ilia Abuladze.
References
- Abulaje, Ilia (1944) “Hin hayerenum gorcacvac mi nor baṙ”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri (in Armenian), numbers 1-2, pages 107–108
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri (in Armenian), number 5, page 25 of 25–30 = Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 625