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ըմբոստ

ըմբոստ

Armenian

Adjective

ըմբոստ (əmbost) (superlative ամենաըմբոստ)

  1. rebellious, defiant
  2. recalcitrant, intractable, unruly
  3. strong, powerful
  4. (figuratively) standing firm

Declension

Noun

ըմբոստ (əmbost)

  1. rebel
  2. nonconformist, dissident

Declension

Adverb

ըմբոստ (əmbost)

  1. rebelliously

Derived terms

  • ըմբոստություն (əmbostutʿyun)
  • ըմբոստացում (əmbostacʿum)

Old Armenian

Etymology

NHB identifies with ընդոստ (əndost, leaping out, jumping out), from ընդ (ənd) + ոստնում (ostnum, to leap, jump).

This is rejected by Ačaṙean because of semantics, who derives ըմբոստ (əmbost) from ընդ (ənd) + *բոստ (*bost), the latter unattested component presumably inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰos-ti-, from *bʰos- (to sally forth, barge, hurtle out). For the cognates see *bystrъ.

Adjective

ըմբոստ (əmbost)

  1. rebellious, defiant, stubborn
    • 13th century, Grigor Skewṙacʿi, Girkʿ Ałotʿicʿ [Book of Prayers]
      Ըմբոստն եւ յանձնապաստան

Derived terms

  • ըմբոստանամ (əmbostanam)

Descendants

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), ըմբոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 762c
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ըմբոստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 121b
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1944), “Haykakankʿ A [Armeniaca I]”, in Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences (in Armenian), volume 5, page 30
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 629a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ըմբոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 196a