մանուած

Old Armenian

Etymology

մանեմ (manem) +‎ -ուած (-uac)

Noun

մանուած • (manuac)

  1. spinning
  2. twisting
  3. weaving
  4. turn, bend, winding
    մանուած ականջաց ― manuac akanǰacʻ ― helix, the outer margin of the ear
  5. (figuratively) winding, complication, intricacy, intrigue, entanglement
    մանուած բանից ― manuac banicʻ ― ambages, circumlocution, circuit, roundabout way; beating about the bush, circumlocutory speech
    մանուած մտածութեանց ― manuac mtacutʻeancʻ ― caprice, whim, fancy, freak

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մանվածք (manvackʻ)

References

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