թևաւոր

Old Armenian

Etymology

թեւ (tʿew) + -աւոր (-awor)

Adjective

թևաւոր (tʿewawor)

  1. winged, having wings
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʿawreay ararčʿutʿean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron] Homily VII:[1][2]
      Դարձեալ և այլք, որ ձուս արկանեն, և բազում ազգք ամենայն ձկանց, որ ունին պէսպէս կերպարանս՝ կէսքն թեփամորթք և կէսքն լերկամորթք, կէսքն խայտաբղէտք, և կէսքն միատարրք, և կէսքն թևաւորք, և կէսքն անթևք։
      Darjeal ew aylkʿ, or jus arkanen, ew bazum azgkʿ amenayn jkancʿ, or unin pēspēs kerparans, kēskʿn tʿepʿamortʿkʿ ew kēskʿn lerkamortʿkʿ, kēskʿn xaytabłētkʿ, ew kēskʿn miatarrkʿ, ew kēskʿn tʿewaworkʿ, ew kēskʿn antʿewkʿ.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Furthermore others which lay eggs, and many kinds of all fishes that have various forms — some with scaly skin, some with hairless skin, some dappled, some homogeneous, some with fins, and some without fins.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թեւավոր (tʿewavor)

References

  1. Barseł Kesaracʿi (1984), Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʿawreay ararčʿutʿean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 220
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, pages 186–187

Further reading

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