Old Armenian

Adjective

տզրկաձեւ • ‎(tzrkajew)

1. leech-shaped
   • c. 600 CE – c. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] , (published in Srboy hōrn meroy Movsēsi Xorenacʿwoy Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ, St. Lazarus, Venice (1843), page 594)

     եւ է տզրկաձեւ բազմաճիւղ․ յորում գետք հզօրք քսանեւմի, եւ յոյժ մեծածառ անտառս

     and [Albion] has the shape of a leech and is branching; in which [there are] twenty one mighty rivers and forests with very lofty trees

References

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