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առած

առած

Armenian

Noun

առած (aṙac)

  1. proverb, saying; aphorism, adage

Declension

Usage notes

Should not be confused with առակ (aṙak, parable).


Old Armenian

Etymology

Composed of the preposition առ (aṙ) + ած- (ac-). Compare Latin adagio for a similar formation.

Noun

առած (aṙac)

  1. adage, proverb, saying, aphorism, sentence, apophthegm
  2. axiom, maxim, general proposition, rule, principle
  3. vision, prophecy, divine revelation, divine inspiration, divine oracle, message

Declension

Derived terms

  • առածանի (aṙacani)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առած”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙac”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 103