բաց

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Armenian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian բաց (bacʻ).

Adjective

բաց (bacʻ) (superlative ամենաբաց)

  1. open, not closed
    Antonym: փակ (pʻak)
    բաց դուռbacʻ duṙopen door
  2. (of color) light
    բաց կապույտbacʻ kapuytlight blue
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  • Georgian: ბაცი (baci)

Etymology 2

Noun

բաց (bacʻ)

  1. Bats (language)
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Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բաց- (bacʻ-), the aorist stem of բանամ (banam, to open).

Adjective

բաց (bacʻ)

  1. open, uncovered
    բացաւ գլխովbacʻaw glxovwith an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    աչօք բացօք, բացաւ աչօք ոչ զոք տեսանէրačʻōkʻ bacʻōkʻ, bacʻaw ačʻōkʻ očʻ zokʻ tesanērwith the eyes open, he saw nothing
    բացաւ երեսօք, բացօք երեսօքbacʻaw eresōkʻ, bacʻōkʻ eresōkʻwith an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    թողուլ ի բաց զքաղաքնtʻołul i bacʻ zkʻałakʻnto leave open the gates of a city
    ի բաց է դուռնi bacʻ ē duṙnthe door is open
    ի բաց ունել զգլուխնi bacʻ unel zgluxnto have the head uncovered
    ի բա՛ց գնաi bácʻ gnago away!
    ի բաց գնացէք յինէնi bacʻ gnacʻēkʻ yinēngo away from me!
    բացէ ի բաց, ի բացbacʻē i bacʻ, i bacʻfar, very far; quite; out, abroad
    բաց ի բացbacʻ i bacʻopenly, evidently
    բացուստ ի բացbacʻust i bacʻfrom afar; far
    ի բացիi bacʻiin a field, out of the city, in the country, in the open air, under the open sky
    ի բաց առնելi bacʻ aṙnelto remove, to send away
    ի բաց առնուլi bacʻ aṙnulto subtract, to take away; to remove
    քաջ ի բաց անցանել զբազմօքkʻaǰ i bacʻ ancʻanel zbazmōkʻto surpass many
    ի բաց բառնալi bacʻ baṙnalto take away
    երթալ ի բաց, ի բաց գնալertʻal i bacʻ, i bacʻ gnalto go away, to depart
    ի բաց եդաւ ձմեռնային ցրտութիւնi bacʻ edaw jmeṙnayin cʻrtutʻiwnthe rigour of winter is past
    ի բաց քակել զաղաղակնi bacʻ kʻakel załałaknto cease from crying
    ի բաց տար, ի բաց անդր տարi bacʻ tar, i bacʻ andr tarnever! no! God forbid! come along! fy!
    բաց իbacʻ iexcept, excepted, besides, save; without

Usage notes

In the translations of the Hellenizing School serves as a prefix with the meaning "apo-, ex-, away", in calques of Ancient Greek words with ἐκ (ek) and ἀπό (apó), for example բաց-արձակ (bacʻ-arjak) = ἀπό-λυτος (apó-lutos), բաց-ա-տրեմ (bacʻ-a-trem) = ἀπο-τίθημι (apo-títhēmi).

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, 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, pages 403–404
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 469—470
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 98ab