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սաստ

սաստ

Armenian

Noun

սաստ (sast)

  1. (poetic) prohibition, ban
  2. (archaic, poetic) punishment
  3. reproof, scolding, rebuke

Declension

Related terms

  • սաստիկ (sastik)
  • սաստել (sastel)
  • սաստում (sastum)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱəsti-, from *ḱās-, *ḱəs- (to lead, teach, educate). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्ति (śasti, punishment, command) and Avestan [script needed] (sāstu, he teaches).

Noun

սաստ (sast)

  1. bitter and angry reproof, scolding, rebuke, threat, menace; chastisement
    սաստ իշխանակերպ, մեծավայելուչsast išxanakerp, mecavayelučʿ ― majesty
    սաստ իշխանականsast išxanakan ― authority, haughtiness
    սաստ աչացsast ačʿacʿ ― piercing glance
    ի սաստ մատչել ընդ ումեքi sast matčʿel ənd umekʿ ― to reproach bitterly, to scold sharply

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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