զգօնութիւն

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From զգօն (zgōn) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun edit

զգօնութիւն (zgōnutʻiwn)

  1. wisdom, maturity, good sense, good judgment
    Զգօնութիւն, Գիրք ԶգօնութեանZgōnutʻiwn, Girkʻ Zgōnutʻeanthe Book of Wisdom and the Proverbs of Solomon
    սկիզբն զգօնութեան երկիւղ Տեառնskizbn zgōnutʻean erkiwł Teaṙnthe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
  2. mildness, gentleness, benignity, affability

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զգօնութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy