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պատրաստ

պատրաստ

Armenian

Adjective

պատրաստ (patrast) (superlative ամենապատրաստ)

  1. prepared, ready
    ես պատրաստ եմI am ready
    ճաշը պատրաստ էthe dinner is ready

Declension

Related terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *patrāst, from Old Iranian *patirāsta-, composed of the Proto-Iranian preverb *pati- (against, towards) + *rāsta- (prepared). Related to Persian پیراستن (perāstan, to adorn) and آراستن (ārāstan, to adorn).

Adjective

պատրաստ (patrast)

  1. prepared, ready, disposed, in condition
    պատրաստ առնելpatrast aṙnel ― to prepare
    պատրաստ լինելpatrast linel ― to prepare oneself; to be disposed; to be prompt or resolute
    ի պատրաստի ունելi patrasti unel ― to hold in readiness; to stand in readiness, to be ready
    պատրաստ կալ, լինելpatrast kal, linel ― to pay attention, to attend to, to watch, to give oneself up to, to apply oneself or one's thoughts or mind to, to tend to, to subject oneself to
  2. active, quick
  3. at hand, near at hand, disposable

Declension

Adverb

պատրաստ (patrast)

  1. warily, softly, slowly

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պատրաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), պատրաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935