Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The ու- (u-) is probably from the Proto-Indo-European *-kʷu- adverbial stem. The origin of -ստ (-st) is uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *-dh-to.

Adverb edit

ուստ (ust)

  1. whence? from where? from what place? which way?
    ո՞ւստ ուստեքu?st ustekʿwhence? from where? from what place? which way?
  2. (as a suffix) from (showing direction)
    հեռուստheṙustfrom afar
    անդուստandustthence

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ուստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ուստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուստ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48