բազմաստուածութիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բազմաստուած (bazmastuac) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn). Calque of Ancient Greek πολυθεότης (polutheótēs).

Noun

բազմաստուածութիւն • (bazmastuacutʻiwn)

  1. polytheism
    • 5th century, Athanasius, Sermons, Letters and Controversies :[1]
      զի մի՛ բազմաստուածութիւն՝ ըստ հեթանոսաց իմանայցեմք
      zi mí bazmastuacutʻiwn, əst hetʻanosacʻ imanaycʻemkʻ

Usage notes

In Athanasius, translates Ancient Greek πολυθεότης (polutheótēs).[2]

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: բազմաստվածություն (bazmastvacutʻyun) (learned)

References

  1. Atʻanas Ałekʻsandracʻi (1899) Esayi Tayecʻi, editor, S. Atʻanasi Ałekʻsandrioy hayrapeti čaṙkʻ, tʻułtʻkʻ ew ənddimascʻutʻiwnkʻ [Sermons, Letters and Controversies by Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 120
  2. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 62

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