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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܩܒܐ (qaqqəḇāʼ), from Ancient Greek κακκάβη (kakkábē, “partridge”).
Noun
կաքաւ • (kakʻaw)
- partridge
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).21.2:
- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զկաքաւէ, թէ զայլոյ ձուս թխէ եւ ձագս հանէ։
- Baroyaxawsn asē zkakʻawē, tʻē zayloy jus tʻxē ew jags hanē.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the partridge that it hatches the eggs of another and breeds nestlings.
- (figuratively) variety of a dance
- կաքաւք զինուց ― kakʻawkʻ zinucʻ ― joust, tourney, tilt
- կաքաւս յօրինել, ի կաքաւս իջանել ― kakʻaws yōrinel, i kakʻaws iǰanel ― to dance, to skip, to bound
Usage notes
- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix).
Declension
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Descendants
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 123, 154
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաքաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կաքաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաքաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy