մանրոստ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From մանր (manr) + ոստ (ost). Attested only in the Physiologus, translating and calquing Ancient Greek λεπτόκλωνος (leptóklōnos).

Adjective

մանրոստ (manrost)

  1. having thin branches
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).3.5:[1][2]
      Եւ են անդ պրակք ինչ մանրոստք, որ կոչին երեկինք։
      Ew en and prakkʿ inčʿ manrostkʿ, or kočʿin erekinkʿ.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        And there are shrubs with thin branches called erekins.

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , մանրոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , մանրոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

  1. Marr, N. (1904) Teksty i razyskanija po armjano-gruzinskoj filologii. Kniga VI. Fiziolog. Armjano-gruzinskij izvod [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Izdanija Fakulʹteta vostočnyx jazykov Imperatorskovo S.-Peterburgskovo universiteta; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5
  2. 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 91, 143
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