Armenian

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Etymology

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From բառ (baṙ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi). Old Armenian had բառացի (baṙacʻi), but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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բառացի (baṙacʻi) (superlative ամենաբառացի)

  1. literal, word for word
    բառացի թարգմանությունbaṙacʻi tʻargmanutʻyunliteral translation

Declension

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Adverb

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բառացի (baṙacʻi)

  1. literally

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From բառ (baṙ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi).

Adjective

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բառացի (baṙacʻi)

  1. renowned, famous, excellent
  2. rich

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բառացի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բառացի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy