Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From բառ (baṙ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi). Old Armenian had բառացի (baṙacʻi), but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բառացի (baṙacʻi) (superlative ամենաբառացի)

  1. literal, word for word
    բառացի թարգմանությունbaṙacʻi tʻargmanutʻyunliteral translation

Declension edit

Adverb edit

բառացի (baṙacʻi)

  1. literally

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From բառ (baṙ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi).

Adjective edit

բառացի (baṙacʻi)

  1. renowned, famous, excellent
  2. rich

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բառացի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բառացի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy