էգ

From Old Armenian էգ (ēg); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɛkʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɛkʰ]

էգ • (ēg)

1. female (of animals)

էգ • (ēg)

1. female animal
2. (derogatory) woman

• իգ (ig) – post-classical

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yews-i(e)h₂- or *yews-it- with Sanskrit योषा (yóṣā-, “girl, young woman”), योषित् (yoṣít-, “girl, young woman”) as cognates.

էգ • (ēg)

1. female
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).4.1–2:[1]

     Զի են եւ քարինք ինչ հրահանաց արու եւ էգ․ մինչեւ բացեայ ի միմեանց են, չհարկանի ուրէք հրդեհ. ապա թէ մաւտիցի արուն յէգն, հուր բորբոքի եւ այրէ զվայրս բազումս։

     Zi en ew kʿarinkʿ inčʿ hrahanacʿ aru ew ēg; minčʿew bacʿeay i mimeancʿ en, čʿharkani urēkʿ hrdeh. apa tʿē mawticʿi arun yēgn, hur borbokʿi ew ayrē zvayrs bazums.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       There exist certain fire-striking stones, male and female. As long as they are separate from one another, nowhere fire is lit, but if the male approaches the female, it sets fire and burns many places.

էգ • (ēg)

1. female

• Armenian: էգ (ēg)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “էգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “էգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “էգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 276