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 տալ‎ ― jew tal ― to give a shape to

   պարզ, անպաճոյճ, ազնուական ունել ձեւս‎ ― parz, anpačoyč, aznuakan unel jews ― to have simple, noble, gentlemanly or ladylike manners

   զայս ձեւ օրինակի‎ ― zays jew ōrinaki ― in this way, thus, so

   գրեաց ձեւ բանից օրինակ զայս‎ ― greacʿ jew banicʿ ōrinak zays ― he wrote a letter thus conceived, or in these terms

   ի ձեւ առակաց‎ ― i jew aṙakacʿ ― allegorically

2. clothes, vestment

   ի ձեւ ժառանգաւորի‎ ― i jew žaṙangawori ― in the garb of a clergyman, in clerical attire

   ի ձեւ սոսկական‎ ― i jew soskakan ― in private clothes

   առնուլ զձեւ կրօնաւորական‎ ― aṙnul zjew krōnaworakan ― to become a monk

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ձեւ ‎(jew)

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