ܕܓܥܝܦ

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Kerasian

Bald Eagle Portrait.jpg

Etymology

From Late Middle Kerasian ܕܓܘܝܿܣܦ - joesp, ܕܓܘܐܣܦ - joasp, ܕܓܘܐܿܣܦ - joæsp ("eagle"), from Early Middle Kerasian ܕܓܐܘܼܐܿܣܝ݈ܿܦ - jawæsēp ("eagle"), from Old Kerasian ܝܼܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - yowætseop, ܝܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - iowætseop, ܝܿܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - eowætseop ("eagle"), from North Aradeshi īhwacheup, yihwacheup, ḵihwacheup, from Aradeshi kifuacheupe ("fish eagle"), from kifua ("chest") + cheupe, an inflected form of -eupe ("white").

Notes

For the above Latin-script transliterations, ⟨ḵ⟩ represents the sounds /x/ when before a broad vowel or /ç/ when after slender vowels, as in this case.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ʤɔi/, arPR: joi
• (Jisdunju) IPA: /ʒoi/

Noun

ܕܓܥܝܦ • (joip)

  1. any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  2. one considered to possess attributes associated with the eagle: strong, tenacious, caring, and courageous.
  3. a powerful or majorly influential person or thing to an area or by some aspect.
  4. the first and foremost of a group by some aspect.
  5. (archaic) any bird in the genera Haliaeetus or Icthyophaga; a sea eagle.
  6. (heraldry) a heraldic element resembling an eagle.
Declension