մուկն

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s (mouse) +‎ -կն (-kn), or from *múh₂s-m̥, accusative singular of *múh₂s (mouse).

Noun

մուկն (mukn)

  1. mouse
    ազգ մկանցazg mkancʻthe micy tribe
    մուկն մեծmukn mecrat
    մուկն վայրիmukn vayriwood mouse
    մուկն դաշտիmukn daštifield rat
    մուկն ջրայինmukn ǰrayincraber, water rat
    մուկն ալպեանmukn alpeanmarmot
    մուկն լերանցmukn lerancʻmountain rat
    մուկն փարաւոնիmukn pʻarawoniichneumon
    գեղացի եւ քաղաքացի մուկնgełacʻi ew kʻałakʻacʻi muknthe country mouse and the city mouse
    ծակ մկանցcak mkancʻmousehole
    բոյն մկանցboyn mkancʻrat's nest
    աղբ մկանցałb mkancʻmouse dung
    ականատ մկանցakanat mkancʻmousetrap
    որսորդ մկանցorsord mkancʻrat catcher, mouse hunter; mouser
    որսորդութիւն մկանցorsordutʻiwn mkancʻmousehunt
    մուկն որսալmukn orsalto mouse, to catch a mouse
    մուկն չչէmukn čʻčʻēthe mouse squeaks
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  • Armenian: մուկ (muk)

Etymology 2

Of the same origin as the above word. The sense development “mouse” > “muscle” happened already in Proto-Indo-European: compare Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, mouse; muscle), Latin mūsculus (muscle), from mūs (mouse), Russian мышца (myšca), from мышь (myšʹ). The word մկան (mkan, back) has the same origin.

Noun

մուկն (mukn)

  1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) muscle
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References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մուկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մուկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 9
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 484