մուկն
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s (“mouse”) + -կն (-kn), or from *múh₂s-m̥, accusative singular of *múh₂s (“mouse”).
Noun
մուկն • (mukn)
- mouse
- ազգ մկանց ― azg mkancʻ ― the micy tribe
- մուկն մեծ ― mukn mec ― rat
- մուկն վայրի ― mukn vayri ― wood mouse
- մուկն դաշտի ― mukn dašti ― field rat
- մուկն ջրային ― mukn ǰrayin ― craber, water rat
- մուկն ալպեան ― mukn alpean ― marmot
- մուկն լերանց ― mukn lerancʻ ― mountain rat
- մուկն փարաւոնի ― mukn pʻarawoni ― ichneumon
- գեղացի եւ քաղաքացի մուկն ― gełacʻi ew kʻałakʻacʻi mukn ― the country mouse and the city mouse
- ծակ մկանց ― cak mkancʻ ― mousehole
- բոյն մկանց ― boyn mkancʻ ― rat's nest
- աղբ մկանց ― ałb mkancʻ ― mouse dung
- ականատ մկանց ― akanat mkancʻ ― mousetrap
- որսորդ մկանց ― orsord mkancʻ ― rat catcher, mouse hunter; mouser
- որսորդութիւն մկանց ― orsordutʻiwn mkancʻ ― mousehunt
- մուկն որսալ ― mukn orsal ― to mouse, to catch a mouse
- մուկն չչէ ― mukn čʻčʻē ― the mouse squeaks
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: մուկ (muk)
Etymology 2
Of the same origin as the above word. The sense development “mouse” > “muscle” happened already in Proto-Indo-European: compare Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”), Latin mūsculus (“muscle”), from mūs (“mouse”), Russian мышца (myšca), from мышь (myšʹ). The word մկան (mkan, “back”) has the same origin.
Declension
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մուկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մուկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 9
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 484
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