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Old Armenian
Etymology
From մանր (manr) + ոստ (ost). Attested only in the Physiologus, translating and calquing Ancient Greek λεπτόκλωνος (leptóklōnos).
Adjective
մանրոստ • (manrost)
- having thin branches
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).3.5:
[1][2]- Եւ են անդ պրակք ինչ մանրոստք, որ կոչին երեկինք։
- Ew en and prakkʻ inčʻ manrostkʻ, or kočʻin erekinkʻ.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- And there are shrubs with thin branches called erekins.
References
- ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5
- ^ 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 60, 91, 143
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանրոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանրոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy