Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian առաջ (aṙaǰ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. front part; front, anterior

Declension edit

Adverb edit

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. forward
    Ես առաջ եմ քայլելու։Es aṙaǰ em kʻaylelu.I will walk forward.

Postposition edit

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. before
    Ուտելուց առաջ ձեռքերը պետք է լվանալ։Utelucʻ aṙaǰ jeṙkʻerə petkʻ ē lvanal.One should wash his hands before eating.

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ աջ ().

Noun edit

առաջ (aṙaǰ)

  1. front part; front, anterior
    յառաջոյ, յառաջոյ կողմանէyaṙaǰoy, yaṙaǰoy kołmanēbefore, in front, at the head of
    զառաջս ունել, առնուլzaṙaǰs unel, aṙnulto obviate, to be beforehand, to prevent
    առաջ նաւուaṙaǰ nawuhead, prow, bow of a ship
    ընդ առաջ գնալ, ելանելənd aṙaǰ gnal, elanelto go to meet
  2. branch, division
    առաջք գետոյaṙaǰkʻ getoyarm of a river
    առաջ զօրացaṙaǰ zōracʻdivision of forces

Declension edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առաջ (aṙaǰ), առաջք (aṙaǰkʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առաջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առաջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առաջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙaǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 104