մնջիկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մնջիկ (mnǰik).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մնջիկ (mnǰik) (superlative ամենամնջիկ)

  1. silent, speechless; quiet
  2. (rare) dumb, mute

Declension

Adverb

մնջիկ (mnǰik)

  1. silently, quietly

Derived terms

  • լռիկ-մնջիկ (lṙik-mnǰik)

References

  • մնջիկ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

From մունջ (munǰ) + -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix).

Adverb

մնջիկ (mnǰik)

  1. without noise, silently, softly, gently, noiselessly

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մնջիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մնջիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մունջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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