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Old Armenian
Etymology
From որթ (ortʻ) + -ա- (-a-) + փայտ (pʻayt). Coined by the translator of the Physiologus to render Ancient Greek ἀμπέλινον ξύλον (ampélinon xúlon).
Noun
որթափայտ • (ortʻapʻayt)
- vinewood
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).10.4–5:
[1]- Եւ քուրմ իբրեւ իմանայ, մտանէ լնու զբագինն որթափայտիւ․ մտանէ հաւն յարեգ քաղաք լի խնգովք եւ ելանէ ի բագինն, իւրովի լուցանէ զկրակն եւ անձամբ զանձն այրէ։
- Ew kʻurm ibrew imanay, mtanē lnu zbaginn ortʻapʻaytiw; mtanē hawn yareg kʻałakʻ li xngovkʻ ew elanē i baginn, iwrovi lucʻanē zkrakn ew anjamb zanjn ayrē.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- And the priest being informed goes in and fills the altar with vine wood. The bird enters Heliopolis, filled with incense, mounts the altar, kindles the fire with itself and burns itself.
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, 103, 147
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որթափայտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որթափայտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy