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Middle Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Compare կեղեւ (kełew).
Noun
կտև • (ktew)
- rind, shell, bark (of fruits, nuts, trees)
c. 1130,
Dawitʻ Ganjakecʻi,
Xratkʻ kanonakankʻ 10:
[1][2][3]- Իսկ զտուեալն ի նոցանէ մի՛ կերիցեն՝ զհաց, զպանիր, զմիս, զխաւարտ, զխաղող, զգինի, բայց յայնցանէ, որ կտեւովն (var. կտովն) են՝ ընգույզ, նուռնն, խարբզակ և այլք այսպիսիք, եւ այնոքիկ, որ ի պէտս մարմնոյ բժշկութեան վարեն, բայց ի թիրակեաց, եւս պիղծ դեղոց։
- Isk ztuealn i nocʻanē mí kericʻen, zhacʻ, zpanir, zmis, zxawart, zxaġoġ, zgini, baycʻ yayncʻanē, or ktewovn (var. ktovn) en, ənguyz, nuṙnn, xarbzak ew aylkʻ ayspisikʻ, ew aynokʻik, or i pēts marmnoy bžškutʻean varen, baycʻ i tʻirakeacʻ, ews piġc deġocʻ.
- Translation by C.J.F. Dowsett
- One shall not eat anything given by them — bread, cheese, meat, vegetables, grapes, and wine — except for those which are in shells : walnuts, pomegranates, and melons, etc., and those things which are used to heal the body, apart from theriaca and other filthy drugs.
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References
- ^ Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 216. Scriptores Armeniaci; 3), a critical edition of the Armenian text prepared by A. Abrahamyan, Louvain: Peeters, page 17
- ^ Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 217. Scriptores Armeniaci; 4), a translation from Armenian into English, Louvain: Peeters, page 14
- ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կտև”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 676–677
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “կտև”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 453a
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կտև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 390a
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395