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մաքի

մաքի

Armenian

Noun

մաքի (makʿi)

  1. ewe
  2. (dialectal) sheep in general

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From an onompatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root, reflected also in Ancient Greek μηκάς (mēkás, bleating one; goat), μηκάομαι (mēkáomai, to bleat), Sanskrit मकमकायते (makamakāyate, to croak), German meckern, Latin miccio.

Noun

մաքի (makʿi)

  1. ewe

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մաքի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մաքի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մաքի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 455