ներգիս

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Noun

ներգիս • (nergis)

  1. narcissus
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 645:[1][2]
      Սոյնպէս եւ գունակ գունակ եւ երփն երփն ծաղկանցն․ որպէս մանրագորն եւ վարդն եւ շուշանն եւ ասպազանն եւ յասմիկն եւ անիարն եւ սմնակն եւ ներգիսն (var. ներգէսն) եւ շամպղիտակն եւ մեղրուկն, հօրօտն եւ մօրօտն եւ մանիշակն․ եւ այլն ամենայն համասպրամ ծաղկանցն եւ ծառոցն բոյսք բողբոջոցն գարնանւոյն երեւեսցին յետ ձմերանւոյն։
      Soynpēs ew gunak gunak ew erpʻn erpʻn całkancʻn; orpēs manragorn ew vardn ew šušann ew aspazann ew yasmikn ew aniarn ew smnakn ew nergisn (var. nergēsn) ew šampłitakn ew mełrukn, hōrōtn ew mōrōtn ew manišakn; ew ayln amenayn hamaspram całkancʻn ew caṙocʻn boyskʻ bołboǰocʻn garnanwoyn erewescʻin yet jmeranwoyn.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the various kinds and colors of flowers, like the mandrake and rose, and lily and soldanel, and jasmin and lotus, and sumach and narcissus, and arum and lungwort, and hyacinth and poppy and violet. And of all the other fragrant flowers and trees, the budding shoots will appear in spring after the winter.

References

  1. ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)‎, Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, pages 330–331
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 207

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նարգէս”, 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 430ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նարգէս”, 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 201
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նարգէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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