զգօնութիւն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From զգօն (zgōn) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun

զգօնութիւն • (zgōnutʻiwn)

  1. wisdom, maturity, good sense, good judgment
    Զգօնութիւն, Գիրք Զգօնութեան ― Zgōnutʻiwn, Girkʻ Zgōnutʻean ― the Book of Wisdom and the Proverbs of Solomon
    սկիզբն զգօնութեան երկիւղ Տեառն ― skizbn zgōnutʻean erkiwł Teaṙn ― the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
  2. mildness, gentleness, benignity, affability

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զգօնութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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