որթափայտ

Old Armenian

Etymology

որթ (ortʿ) + -ա- (-a-) + փայտ (pʿayt)

Noun

որթափայտ (ortʿapʿayt)

  1. vinewood
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 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 kʿurm ibrew imanay, mtanē lnu zbaginn ortʿapʿaytiw; mtanē hawn yareg kʿałakʿ li xngovkʿ ew elanē i baginn, iwrovi lucʿanē 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

Further reading

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

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, pages 103, 147
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