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առաջ

առաջ

Armenian

Noun

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. front part; front, anterior

Declension

Adverb

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. forward
    Ես առաջ եմ քայլելու։Es aṙaǰ em kʿaylelu. ― I will walk forward.

Postposition

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. before
    Ուտելուց առաջ ձեռքերը պետք է լվանալ։Utelucʿ aṙaǰ jeṙkʿerə petkʿ ē lvanal. ― One should wash his hands before eating.

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the preposition առ (aṙ) + աջ ().

Noun

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. front part; front, anterior
    յառաջոյ, յառաջոյ կողմանէyaṙaǰoy, yaṙaǰoy kołmanē ― before, in front, at the head of
    զառաջս ունել, առնուլzaṙaǰs unel, aṙnul ― to obviate, to be beforehand, to prevent
    առաջ նաւուaṙaǰ nawu ― head, prow, bow of a ship
    ընդ առաջ գնալ, ելանելənd aṙaǰ gnal, elanel ― to go to meet
  2. branch, division
    առաջք գետոյaṙaǰkʿ getoy ― arm of a river
    առաջ զօրացaṙaǰ zōracʿ ― division of forces

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: առաջ (aṙaǰ), առաջք (aṙaǰkʿ)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առաջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առաջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առաջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙaǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 104