Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian վատ (vat).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

վատ (vat) (superlative ամենավատ)

  1. bad
    վատ մարդvat mardbad person
    վատ երազvat erazbad dream
  2. (Western Armenian) fainthearted, cowardly

Declension edit

Adverb edit

վատ (vat)

  1. badly

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Iranian *wat. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wt' /⁠wad⁠/, bad, evil), Persian بد (bad).

Adjective edit

վատ (vat)

  1. bad, wicked, vile, low
    վատ անունvat anuninfamy, brand of infamy
  2. cowardly, weak, pusillanimous, dastardly, craven-hearted, unmanly, poor-spirited, mean-spirited
    վատ արանցvat arancʻthe most cowardly of men, the basest of wretches
  3. idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish
  4. (nominalised) damage, loss, hurt, ruin, misfortune

Declension edit

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վատ (vat)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press