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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Has a shape comparable to the Hurro-Urartian անանուխ (ananux).
Noun
մանանիխ • (mananix)
- mustard (plant and seeds)
5th century,
Bible,
Matthew 13.31:
- Այլ առակ արկ առ նոսա՝ եւ ասէ․ նմանէ արքայութիւն երկնից հատոյ մանանխոյ․ զոր առեալ մարդոյ՝ սերմանեաց յագարակի իւրում։
- Ayl aṙak ark aṙ nosa, ew asē; nmanē arkʻayutʻiwn erknicʻ hatoy mananxoy; zor aṙeal mardoy, sermaneacʻ yagaraki iwrum.
- He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մանանիխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 251a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանանեխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 191
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մանանիխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 507a
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 937
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանանեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy