մանանիխ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has a shape comparable to the Hurro-Urartian անանուխ (ananux).

Noun

մանանիխ (mananix)

  1. 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

o-type
singular plural
nominative մանանիխ (mananix) մանանիխք (mananixkʻ)
genitive մանանխոյ (mananxoy) մանանխոց (mananxocʻ)
dative մանանխոյ (mananxoy) մանանխոց (mananxocʻ)
accusative մանանիխ (mananix) մանանիխս (mananixs)
ablative մանանխոյ (mananxoy) մանանխոց (mananxocʻ)
instrumental մանանխով (mananxov) մանանխովք (mananxovkʻ)
locative մանանիխ (mananix) մանանիխս (mananixs)

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