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Armenian
dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
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- աստված (astvac) — Agulis, Moks, Vozm, New Julfa, Van
- աստվաձ (astvaj) — Alashkert, Mush
- ա՛ստվաձ (ástvaj), ա՛ստուձ (ástuj) — Tbilisi
- ա՛ստվաձ (ástvaj), ա՛ստօձ (ástōj) — Ararat
- ասդվաձ (asdvaj) — Hamshen, Diyarbakır
- ասված (asvac) — Akhaltsikhe, Erzurum, Maragheh, Salmas
- ասվաձ (asvaj) — Aslanbeg, Kharberd, Nor Nakhichevan, Constantinople, Tekirdağ, Sivas, Suceava
- ա՛ստուծ (ástuc) — Goris, Karabakh
- աստօծ (astōc) — Shamakhi
- ասվօձ (asvōj) — Haçin
- ասվաձ (asvaj), ասբաձ (asbaj) — Akn
- ասպած (aspac) — Van, Moks
- ասպաձ (aspaj) — Hamshen
- ասբՙօձ (asbʻōj) — Zeitun
Etymology
Inherited from Old Armenian աստուած (astuac).
Pronunciation
Noun
աստված • (astvac) (traditional orthography spelling աստուած)
- god
- (often capitalized, singular only) God of Christianity
Usage notes
In the sense of “God” the word usually does not take a definite article in the nominative case.
Declension
u-type/o-type, animate, archaic and irregular (Eastern Armenian)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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աստված (astvac)
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աստվածներ (astvacner)
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| dative
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աստծո, աստծու, աստուծո (astco, astcu, astuco)
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աստվածների (astvacneri)
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| ablative
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աստծուց (astcucʻ)
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աստվածներից (astvacnericʻ)
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| instrumental
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աստծով, աստուծով (astcov, astucov)
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աստվածներով (astvacnerov)
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definite forms
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| nominative
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աստվածը/աստվածն (astvacə/astvacn)
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աստվածները/աստվածներն (astvacnerə/astvacnern)
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| dative
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աստծուն (astcun)
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աստվածներին (astvacnerin)
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1st person possessive forms (my)
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| nominative
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աստվածս (astvacs)
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աստվածներս (astvacners)
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| dative
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աստծոս, աստծուս, աստուծոս (astcos, astcus, astucos)
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աստվածներիս (astvacneris)
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| ablative
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աստծուցս (astcucʻs)
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աստվածներիցս (astvacnericʻs)
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| instrumental
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աստծովս, աստուծովս (astcovs, astucovs)
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աստվածներովս (astvacnerovs)
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| locative
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2nd person possessive forms (your)
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| nominative
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աստվածդ (astvacd)
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աստվածներդ (astvacnerd)
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| dative
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աստծոդ, աստծուդ, աստուծոդ (astcod, astcud, astucod)
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աստվածներիդ (astvacnerid)
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| ablative
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աստծուցդ (astcucʻd)
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աստվածներիցդ (astvacnericʻd)
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աստծովդ, աստուծովդ (astcovd, astucovd)
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աստվածներովդ (astvacnerovd)
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The genitive աստծու (astcu) is somewhat colloquial, while աստծո (astco) is more literary.
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աստուած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 282a
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 197