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արագ

արագ

Armenian

Adjective

արագ (arag) (superlative ամենաարագ)

  1. fast; quick; swift

Declension

Adverb

արագ (arag)

  1. fast, quickly, rapidly

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed first from Middle Median *arag as արագ (arag), later again from Parthian *rag as երագ (erag), both from Iranian *ragu- (quick), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

արագ (arag) indeclinable

  1. quick, prompt, dexterous, nimble, rapid, swift; expeditious
    արագ արագarag arag ― very quickly, very soon
  2. frequent

Usage notes

The word was generally indeclinable, but nominative plural արագք (aragkʿ) and արագունք (aragunkʿ) are attested.

Adverb

արագ (arag)

  1. quickly, promptly, adroitly, swiftly, speedily

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8