any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiolus, gladiola · an idiot, fool, nitwit; generally preceded by a pejorative adjective such as achterlijk
çekim: çoğul gladiolen
eş: gladiolus, zwaardlelie
köken: From Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).
An object, construction or similar that is made to protect or defend. · rapier · epee
çekim: çoğul värjor · tamlayan värjas
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish væria, from Old Norse verja, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, *(e)werwǝ-. As noun; according to SO attested since c. 1452 via Karlskrönikan. Narrowed into rapier and weapon sense since late 17th century. As verb; according to SO attested since late 13th century via the Westrogothic law.
köken: 1376. From Old French estoc (“end of a sword, rapier”), from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to beat, thrust, push”).
aile: herba estoque
Iten me deve Juça de Castro por huun estoque garneçydo de prata seysçentos mrs.
iris (flower) · gladiolus (Gladiolus genus and species)
çekim: çoğul թրաշուշաններ
köken: From թուր (tʻur, “sword”) + -ա- (-a-) + շուշան (šušan, “lily”). Calque of German Schwertlilie (“iris”). Coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna. The first attestation is in Čamčean 1851, using թրաշուշան (tʻrašušan) together with the synonym լուրջ շուշան (lurǰ šušan) to translate German Iris (see the quotation). Elsewhere in the text Schwertlilie is translated with լուրջ շուշան (lurǰ šušan) alone. In…