աստուածաշունչ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From աստուած (astuac, God) + -ա- (-a-) + շնչեմ (šnčʿem, to breathe). Calque of Ancient Greek θεό-πνευστος (theó-pneustos, inspired by God).[1]

Adjective

աստուածաշունչ (astuacašunčʿ)

  1. (of Scripture) God-breathed, inspired by God
    • 5th century, Athanasius, Sermons, Letters and Controversies :[2]
      Մի՛ լիցի ընդդիմասացութիւն մարդոյ՝ աստուածաշունչ գրոց, որպէս թէ ո՛չ միաբանութեամբ զամենայն ճառեալ։
      Mí licʿi ənddimasacʿutʿiwn mardoy, astuacašunčʿ grocʿ, orpēs tʿē óčʿ miabanutʿeamb zamenayn čaṙeal.

Usage notes

In Athanasius, աստուածաշունչ գիրք (astuacašunčʿ girkʿ) translates Ancient Greek θεόπνευστος γραφή (theópneustos graphḗ).

Descendants

  • Armenian: աստվածաշունչ (astvacašunčʿ)

References

  1. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 62
  2. Atʿanas Ałekʿsandracʿi (1899), Esayi Tayecʿi, editor, S. Atʿanasi Ałekʿsandrioy hayrapeti čaṙkʿ, tʿułtʿkʿ ew ənddimascʿutʿiwnkʿ [Sermons, Letters and Controversies by Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria] (Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ naxneacʿ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 143

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