Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian սաստ (sast).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սաստ (sast)

  1. (poetic) prohibition, ban
  2. (archaic, poetic) punishment
  3. reproof, scolding, rebuke

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂sti-, from *ḱeh₂s- (to lead, teach, educate). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्ति (śasti, punishment, command) and Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬎 (sāstu, to teach).

Noun

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սաստ (sast)

  1. bitter and angry reproof, scolding, rebuke, threat, menace; chastisement
    սաստ իշխանակերպ, մեծավայելուչsast išxanakerp, mecavayelučʻmajesty
    սաստ իշխանականsast išxanakanauthority, haughtiness
    սաստ աչացsast ačʻacʻpiercing glance
    ի սաստ մատչել ընդ ումեքi sast matčʻel ənd umekʻto reproach bitterly, to scold sharply

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սաստ (sast)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press