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 mkancʿ ― 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 lerancʿ ― mountain rat
- մուկն փարաւոնի ― mukn pʿarawoni ― ichneumon
- գեղացի եւ քաղաքացի մուկն ― gełacʿi ew kʿałakʿacʿi mukn ― the country mouse and the city mouse
- ծակ մկանց ― cak mkancʿ ― mousehole
- բոյն մկանց ― boyn mkancʿ ― rat's nest
- աղբ մկանց ― ałb mkancʿ ― mouse dung
- ականատ մկանց ― akanat mkancʿ ― mousetrap
- որսորդ մկանց ― orsord mkancʿ ― rat catcher, mouse hunter; mouser
- որսորդութիւն մկանց ― orsordutʿiwn mkancʿ ― mousehunt
- մուկն որսալ ― mukn orsal ― to mouse, to catch a mouse
- մուկն չչէ ― mukn čʿčʿē ― 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, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մուկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մուկն”, 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
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մուկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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 (pdf), Zagreb, page 9
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 484
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