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Old Armenian
Etymology
մանր (manr) + -ա- (-a-) + ձուկն (jukn)
Noun
մանրաձուկն • (manrajukn)
- small fish
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).20.9:
[1]- Մանրաձկունս իմա զանհաւատսն, իսկ մեծամեծ եւ կատարեալ ձկունսն չգտանես մաւտ առ վիշապաձուկն։
- Manrajkuns ima zanhawatsn, isk mecamec ew katareal jkunsn čʻgtanes mawt aṙ višapajukn.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Know that the small fish are the unbelievers, and you cannot find big and perfect fish near the sea-dragon.
Usage notes
Attested only tn the Physiologus, translating Ancient Greek τοὺς μικροὺς ἰχθύας (toùs mikroùs ikhthúas).
Declension
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 63, 121, 154