առագաստ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian առագաստ (aṙagast). The word must have also meant “room”, whence by extension “wine-pressing room” → “wine-press”.

Pronunciation

Noun

առագաստ • (aṙagast)

  1. sail of a ship
    Synonym: (dialectal) ելքեն (elkʻen)
  2. curtain
  3. nuptial chamber
  4. (dialectal) wine-press

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ ագ- (ag-, “to put on clothes”) +‎ -ստ (-st).[1][2][3] Alternatively, from the same preposition առա- (aṙa-) + Proto-Armenian *wst-, from Proto-Indo-European *us-t-h₂-ós, *us-t-h₂-ós, genitive of *wés-t-eh₂-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”), whence զգեստ (zgest), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐσθής (esthḗs).[3]

Noun

առագաստ • (aṙagast)

  1. curtain, veil, net
  2. nuptial canopy
  3. (by extension) bridal chamber
    մանկունք առագաստի ― mankunkʻ aṙagasti ― young persons that accompany the bridegroom, paranymphs
  4. (figuratively) pretext meant to hide something
  5. tent, pavillon
  6. sail of a ship
    առագաստ պարզել, վերացուցանել ― aṙagast parzel, veracʻucʻanel ― to sail
    իջուցանել զառագաստ ― iǰucʻanel zaṙagast ― to strike sail
  7. (anatomy) cornea
  8. (anatomy) diaphragm

Declension

Derived terms

  • անառագաստ (anaṙagast)
  • առագաստաբար (aṙagastabar)
  • առագաստական (aṙagastakan)
  • առագաստաձեւ (aṙagastajew)
  • առագաստանուէր (aṙagastanuēr)
  • առագաստասպաս (aṙagastaspas)
  • առագաստափակ (aṙagastapʻak)
  • առագաստափար (aṙagastapʻar)
  • առագաստեմ (aṙagastem)
  • առագաստեցուցանեմ (aṙagastecʻucʻanem)
  • առագաստիկ (aṙagastik)
  • երեքառագաստեան (erekʻaṙagastean)

Descendants

  • Armenian: առագաստ (aṙagast)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առագաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙagast”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 101

Further reading

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