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 Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan 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

  • Armenian: մնջիկ (mnǰik)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մնջիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մնջիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մունջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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