Armenian

Noun

սուգ • ‎(sug)

1. grief, bereavement, mourning, sorrow

   սգո ծառայություն‎ ― sgo caṙayutʿyun ― funeral service

   սգո սրահ‎ ― sgo srah ― funeral home, funeral parlor

   սգի զգեստ‎ ― sgi zgest ― mourning dress

   սուգ անել‎ ― sug anel ― to grieve, to mourn, to keen

   սուգ կալնել‎ ― sug kalnel ― to become sorrowful, grievous, to be enveloped in grief, mourning, sorrow

   սուգ մտնել‎ ― sug mtnel ― to begin grieving, mourning

   սուգ նստել‎ ― sug nstel ― to grieve, to mourn; to begin grieving, mourning

   սուգ պահել‎ ― sug pahel ― to mourn through the period of mourning

   սուգ ու լաց‎ ― sug u lacʿ ― lamentation, keen

   սուգ ու շիվան‎ ― sug u šivan ― see սուգ ու լաց

   սգից դուրս բերել՝ հանել‎ ― sgicʿ durs berel, hanel ― to invite close relations to one's home at the end of the period of mourning

   սգից դուրս գալ‎ ― sgicʿ durs gal ― to take off one's mourning dress, usually as a sign ending the period of mourning

   սգից հանել‎ ― sgicʿ hanel ― same as սգից դուրս բերել

2. mourning (the period during which a death is mourned)
3. (figuratively) melancholy, sadness, depression

Declension

Adjective

սուգ • ‎(sug) ‎(superlative ամենասուգ)

1. (rare) mournful, grieving, sorrowful, sad

Declension

Related terms

• սգալ ‎(sgal)

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 70

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *sūg. Compare Persian سوگ ‎(sūg, “grief, sorrow”).

Noun

սուգ • ‎(sug)

1. mourning; grief, sorrow, affliction, weeping, sadness

   աւուրք սգոյ‎ ― awurkʿ sgoy ― time of mourning

   հանդերձ սգոյ‎ ― handerj sgoy ― mourning clothes

   սուգ առնուլ, ունել‎ ― sug aṙnul, unel ― to go into mourning, to wear mourning; to be sunk in grief, to be desolate, afflicted

   ի սուգ մտանել, լինել, նստիլ‎ ― i sug mtanel, linel, nstil ― to be in mourning

   սուգ զգենուլ‎ ― sug zgenul ― to put on mourning, to be clad in mourning

   թողուլ զսուգ‎ ― tʿołul zsug ― to leave off mourning, to go out of mourning

   սուգ առնուլ ի վերայ ուրուք‎ ― sug aṙnul i veray urukʿ ― to mourn for, to weep over, to bewail

   ի սուգ համակեալ կալ ընդ ...‎ ― i sug hamakeal kal ənd ... ― to be inconsolable for ...

   ի սուգ դառնութեան ընկղմեալ կայր‎ ― i sug daṙnutʿean ənkłmeal kayr ― he gave himself up to bitter grief

   յանմխիթար սուգ ընկղմիլ‎ ― yanmxitʿar sug ənkłmil ― to abandon one's self to melancholy, to be plunged in inconsolable grief

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: սուգ ‎(sug)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սուգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սուգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սուգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy