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մկնաքիս

մկնաքիս

Armenian

Noun

մկնաքիս (mknakʿis)

  1. common shrew

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From մուկն (mukn) + աքիս (akʿis), translating Ancient Greek μυγαλῆ (mugalê), from μῦς (mûs, mouse) + γαλῆ (galê, weasel).

Noun

մկնաքիս (mknakʿis)

  1. shrewmouse

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մկնաքիս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մկնաքիս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “analut‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 65