Old Armenian

Adverb

ուստ • ‎(ust)

1. whence? from where? from what place? which way?

   ո՞ւստ ուստեք‎ ― u^?st ustekʿ ― whence? from where? from what place? which way?

2. (as a suffix) from (showing direction)

   հեռուստ‎ ― heṙust ― from afar

   անդուստ‎ ― andust ― thence

Derived terms

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ուստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ուստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուստ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48