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ձեւ

ձեւ

Armenian

Noun

ձեւ (jew)

  1. form; shape; pattern
  2. way, method
  3. (grammar) form

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.

Noun

ձեւ (jew)

  1. shape, fashion, form, mould, pattern
    ձեւ տալjew tal ― to give a shape to
    պարզ, անպաճոյճ, ազնուական ունել ձեւսparz, anpačoyč, aznuakan unel jews ― to have simple, noble, gentlemanly or ladylike manners
    զայս ձեւ օրինակիzays jew ōrinaki ― in this way, thus, so
    գրեաց ձեւ բանից օրինակ զայսgreacʿ jew banicʿ ōrinak zays ― he wrote a letter thus conceived, or in these terms
    ի ձեւ առակացi jew aṙakacʿ ― allegorically
  2. clothes, vestment
    ի ձեւ ժառանգաւորիi jew žaṙangawori ― in the garb of a clergyman, in clerical attire
    ի ձեւ սոսկականi jew soskakan ― in private clothes
    առնուլ զձեւ կրօնաւորականaṙnul zjew krōnaworakan ― to become a monk

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ձեւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ձեւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձեւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 433