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Old Armenian
Etymology
կերպ (kerp) + -արան (-aran)
Noun
կերպարան • (kerparan)
- form, shape, appearance, image
5th century,
Basil of Caesarea,
Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean Homily VII:
[1][2]- Դարձեալ և այլք, որ ձուս արկանեն, և բազում ազգք ամենայն ձկանց, որ ունին պէսպէս կերպարանս՝ կէսքն թեփամորթք և կէսքն լերկամորթք, կէսքն խայտաբղէտք, և կէսքն միատարրք, և կէսքն թևաւորք, և կէսքն անթևք։
- Darjeal ew aylkʻ, or jus arkanen, ew bazum azgkʻ amenayn jkancʻ, or unin pēspēs kerparans, kēskʻn tʻepʻamortʻkʻ ew kēskʻn lerkamortʻkʻ, kēskʻn xaytabłētkʻ, ew kēskʻn miatarrkʻ, ew kēskʻn tʻewaworkʻ, ew kēskʻn antʻewkʻ.
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Furthermore others which lay eggs, and many kinds of all fishes that have various forms — some with scaly skin, some with hairless skin, some dappled, some homogeneous, some with fins, and some without fins.
6th century,
Philo of Alexandria,
I linelutʻeann xndrocʻ ew lucmancʻ 2.62:
[3][4]- Ընդէ՞ր իբրու յաղագս այլոյ ա՟յ ասէ, թէ ի կերպարան ա՟յ արար զմարդն, եւ ոչ յիւրն։
- Əndē?r ibru yałags ayloy a.y asē, tʻē i kerparan a.y arar zmardn, ew očʻ yiwrn.
- Translation by Ralph Marcus
- Why does (Scripture) say, as if (speaking) of another God, "in the image of God He made man" and not "in His own image"?
Usage notes
Mostly used in the plural կերպարանք (kerparankʻ).
Declension
Descendants
References
- ^ Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 220
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, pages 186–187
- ^ 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 [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 146
- ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 150
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կերպարան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կերպարան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy