երկնաթռիչ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երկնաթռիչ (erknatʿṙičʿ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

երկնաթռիչ (erknatʿṙičʿ) (poetic)

  1. that flies, soars to heaven

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

երկինք (erkinkʿ) + -ա- (-a-) + թռչիմ (tʿṙčʿim)

Adjective

երկնաթռիչ (erknatʿṙičʿ)

  1. that flies, soars to heaven
    • 1350 – 1425, Aṙakʿel Siwnecʿi, Eulogy on Grigor Tatʿewacʿi :[1]
      զգեղեցկայարմար շրթունսն. զերկնակառոյց բազուկն, եւ զշնորհաբաշխ աջն. զպնտակազմ անդամսն, եւ զանսահելի ոտսն. զօձահալած գարշապարն, եւ զերկնաթռիչ գնացսն
      zgełecʿkayarmar šrtʿunsn. zerknakaṙoycʿ bazukn, ew zšnorhabašx aǰn. zpntakazm andamsn, ew zansaheli otsn. zōjahalac garšaparn, ew zerknatʿṙičʿ gnacʿsn
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        beautifully shaped lips, his arm of heavenly construction, his right hand distributing favors, his firmly formed limbs and unwavering legs, his heel which trod on serpents, and his steps soaring heavenward

Descendants

  • Armenian: երկնաթռիչ (erknatʿṙičʿ)

References

  1. Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73

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