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Old Armenian
Etymology
զգաստ (zgast) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)
Noun
զգաստութիւն • (zgastutʻiwn)
- prudence; sobriety
16th century,
Grigoris Ałtʻamarcʻi,
Tałer [1][2]:
- Թէ զիմ ըզգաստութիւնըս հարցանես դու,
Չունիմ խելք ու բասար ՚ւ ոչ իմաստութիւն- Tʻē zim əzgastutʻiwnəs harcʻanes du,
Čʻunim xelkʻ u basar ’w očʻ imastutʻiwn
- Translation by S. Peter Cowe
- If you ask about my sobriety,
I have neither sense, nor vision, nor wisdom.
Declension
Descendants
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 78
- ^ Avdalbegyan, Mayis (1963) Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : XVI d. : Usumnasirutʻyun, kʻnnakan bnagrer ew canotʻagrutʻyunner [Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : 16th c. : Study, critical text, and annotations] (Miǰnadaryan hay taġerguner; 6), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 234
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զգաստութիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զգաստութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy