Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian կամաց (kamacʻ), dative case of կամք (kamkʻ, will, desire). Thus, the word literally means “according to one’s desire, without compulsion”, from which the sense of “slowly” and others developed.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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կամաց (kamacʻ)

  1. slowly
    կամաց քայլի՛րkamacʻ kʻaylírwalk slowly
    կամաց-կամացkamacʻ-kamacʻslowly but surely, step by step
  2. (of sound) quietly
    կամաց խոսա՛kamacʻ xosáspeak quietly
  3. gently
  4. carefully

Adjective

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կամաց (kamacʻ) (superlative ամենակամաց)

  1. slow
  2. (of sound) quiet

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Persian: گاماس (gâmâs)

Old Armenian

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Noun

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կամաց (kamacʻ)

  1. genitive plural of կամք (kamkʻ)
  2. dative plural of կամք (kamkʻ)
  3. ablative plural of կամք (kamkʻ)