սրընչակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From սուր (sur, sharp) + ունչ (unčʿ, nose) + -ակ (-ak). Probably an imprecise calque of German Spitzmaus, coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

Noun

սրընչակ (srənčʿak)

  1. shrew (mammal of the family Soricidae)
    Synonyms: նրբաքիթ մուկ (nrbakʿitʿ muk), գետնափորիկ (getnapʿorik)
    • 1897, Gabriēl Mēnēvišean, Patkerazard bnakan patmutʿiwn, A. Kendanabanutʿiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] :[1]
      Սրնչակը՝ թէպէտ նրբաքիթ "մուկ", ալ կ՚անուանուի, բայց մկանց կարգին տակ չ՚երթար:
      Srnčʿakə, tʿēpēt nrbakʿitʿ "muk", al k’anuanui, baycʿ mkancʿ kargin tak čʿ’ertʿar:
      The shrew, although also called narrow-nosed "mouse", does not belong to the genus of mice.

Declension

References

  1. Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʿiwn, A. Kendanabanutʿiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 47

Further reading

  • Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), սրընչակներ”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 518b
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʿiwn, A. Kendanabanutʿiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 46–47
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