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Old Armenian
Etymology
բարի (bari) + -ա- (-a-) + չափ (čʻapʻ) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)
Noun
բարեչափութիւն • (barečʻapʻutʻiwn)
- good measure or proportion
13th century,
Grigor Skewṙacʻi,
Nerbołean i Surbn Nersēs Lambronacʻi :
[1]- ի զօրութենէ մարմնոյ, ի բարեչափութենէ հասակի, ի գեղեցկամասնութենէ անդամոց Իսկ որ ի ներքուստ զբարեմասնութեանն սովորեցին նկարագրել զգեղ, այլ իմն ընդդիմակօք զքաջահաճութիւնն ստորագրեն
- i zōrutʻenē marmnoy, i barečʻapʻutʻenē hasaki, i geġecʻkamasnutʻenē andamocʻ […] Isk or i nerkʻust zbaremasnutʻeann sovorecʻin nkaragrel zgeġ, ayl imn ənddimakōkʻ zkʻaǰahačutʻiwnn storagren
- Translation by S. Peter Cowe
- bodily strength, height of good stature, the beautiful proportion of the limbs But those accustomed to describe the beauty of inner comeliness, portray this attractiveness as something under masks
Declension
References
- ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, 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 73
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարեչափութիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարեչափութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy