Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian առած (aṙac).

Noun edit

առած (aṙac)

  1. proverb, saying; aphorism, adage
Usage notes edit

Should not be confused with առակ (aṙak, parable).

Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

առած (aṙac)

  1. resultative participle of առնել (aṙnel)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Composed of the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ ած- (ac-). Compare Latin adagio for a similar formation.

Noun edit

առած (aṙac)

  1. adage, proverb, saying, aphorism, sentence, apophthegm
  2. axiom, maxim, general proposition, rule, principle
  3. vision, prophecy, divine revelation, divine inspiration, divine oracle, message

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առած (aṙac)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առած”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙac”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 103