սղոց

Armenian

սղոց

Etymology

From Old Armenian սղոց (słocʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

սղոց (słocʿ)

  1. saw (tool)
    Synonym: խզար (xzar)
    Hyponym: խերխի (xerxi)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From սուղ (suł, short) + -ոց (-ocʿ, tool suffix), i.e. "shortening tool".[1][2] The marine animal sense encountered only in the Physiologus is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρίων (príōn).

Noun

սղոց (słocʿ)

  1. saw (tool)
  2. a kind of marine animal
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).5.1:[3]
      Է գազան ինչ ի ծովու, որ կոչի սղոց․ թեւս երկայնս ունի։
      Ē gazan inčʿ i covu, or kočʿi słocʿ; tʿews erkayns uni.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a beast in the sea called saw; it has long wings.

Declension

Derived terms

  • սղոցաբերան (słocʿaberan)
  • սղոցաձեւ (słocʿajew)
  • սղոցաձուկն (słocʿajukn)
  • սղոցեղջիւր (słocʿełǰiwr)
  • սղոցեմ (słocʿem)
  • սղոցի (słocʿi)
  • սղոցումն (słocʿumn)
  • սղոցուք (słocʿukʿ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սղոց (słocʿ)

References

  1. Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1749), սղոց”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 993a
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սղոց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 233a
  3. 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 93, 144

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սղոց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), սղոց”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սղոց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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