կամաց

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կամանց (kamancʿ) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Armenian կամաց (kamacʿ), dative case of կամ (kam, will, desire). Thus, the word literally means “according to one’s desire, without compulsion”, from which the sense of “slowly” and others developed.

Pronunciation

Adverb

կամաց (kamacʿ)

  1. slowly
    կամաց քայլի՛րkamacʿ kʿaylírwalk slowly
  2. (of sound) quietly
    կամաց խոսա՛kamacʿ xosáspeak quietly
  3. gently
  4. carefully

Adjective

կամաց (kamacʿ) (superlative ամենակամաց)

  1. slow
  2. (of sound) quiet

Declension


Old Armenian

Noun

կամաց (kamacʿ)

  1. genitive plural of կամ (kam)
  2. dative plural of կամ (kam)
  3. ablative plural of կամ (kam)
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