Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուղիղ (ułił).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ուղիղ (uġiġ) (superlative ամենաուղիղ)

  1. straight, direct
  2. (broadcasting) live

Declension edit

Noun edit

ուղիղ (uġiġ)

  1. (geometry) straight line

Declension edit

Adverb edit

ուղիղ (uġiġ)

  1. straight, directly
  2. (broadcasting) live

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin in uncertain.[1][2] Often connected with ուղի (ułi) and ուղեղ (ułeł).[3][4]

Adjective edit

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. straight, right, direct
    ուղիղ գիծułił gicright line
    ուղիղ անկիւնułił ankiwnright angle
    ուղիղ առնելułił aṙnelto smooth, to prepare; to make ready the way
  2. (figuratively) upright, right, just, honest
    ուղիղ սիրտułił sirthonest, loyal heart
    ուղիղ միտքułił mitkʻupright mind, just judgment

Declension edit

Adverb edit

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. directly, straightly
    ուղիղ գնալ ի նպատակնułił gnal i npataknto come to the point, to aim at
  2. (figuratively) uprightly, rightly, justly, well
    ուղիղ վարդապետելułił vardapetelto indoctrinate, to instruct in sound principles
    ուղիղ դատեցարułił datecʻarthou hast rightly judged

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ուղիղ (uġiġ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ուղիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 596–597
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 965
  3. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1913) Altarmenisches Elementarbuch (in German), Heidelberg: C. Winter, page 20
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ուղիղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 748b

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուղիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 237
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուղիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy