Old Armenian

Noun

մուկն • ‎(mukn)

1. 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

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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.

Noun

մուկն • ‎(mukn)

1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) muscle

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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, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• 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