առագաստ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian առագաստ (aṙagast). The word must have also meant “room”, whence by extension “wine-pressing room” → “wine-press”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

առագաստ (aṙagast)

  1. sail of a ship
  2. curtain
  3. nuptial chamber
  4. (dialectal) wine-press

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From the preposition առ (aṙ) + ագ- (ag-, to put on clothes) + -ստ (-st).[1][2][3] Alternatively, from the same preposition առա- (aṙa-) + Proto-Armenian *wst-, from Proto-Indo-European *us-t-h₂-ós, *us-t-h₂-ós, genitive of *wés-t-eh₂-, from *wes- (to be dressed), whence զգեստ (zgest), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐσθής (esthḗs).[3]

Noun

առագաստ (aṙagast)

  1. curtain, veil, net
  2. nuptial canopy
  3. (by extension) bridal chamber
    մանկունք առագաստիmankunkʿ aṙagastiyoung persons that accompany the bridegroom, paranymphs
  4. (figuratively) pretext meant to hide something
  5. tent, pavillon
  6. sail of a ship
    առագաստ պարզել, վերացուցանելaṙagast parzel, veracʿucʿanelto sail
    իջուցանել զառագաստiǰucʿanel zaṙagastto strike sail
  7. (anatomy) cornea
  8. (anatomy) diaphragm

Declension

Derived terms

  • անառագաստ (anaṙagast)
  • առագաստաբար (aṙagastabar)
  • առագաստական (aṙagastakan)
  • առագաստաձեւ (aṙagastajew)
  • առագաստանուէր (aṙagastanuēr)
  • առագաստասպաս (aṙagastaspas)
  • առագաստափակ (aṙagastapʿak)
  • առագաստափար (aṙagastapʿar)
  • առագաստեմ (aṙagastem)
  • առագաստեցուցանեմ (aṙagastecʿucʿanem)
  • առագաստիկ (aṙagastik)
  • երեքառագաստեան (erekʿaṙagastean)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առագաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙagast”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 101

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առագաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առագաստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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