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Old Armenian
Etymology
ընդ (ənd) + դէմ (dēm)
Preposition
ընդդէմ • (ənddēm)
- (with genitive) against, on the contrary, the wrong side, outward, the wrong way; before, in face
- ընդդէմ դառնալ, կալ, գտնիլ, հարկանիլ ― ənddēm daṙnal, kal, gtnil, harkanil ― to oppose, to resist, to counteract, to make head against, to cope with
- ընդդէմ յառնել ― ənddēm yaṙnel ― to rise up against; to combat
- ընդդէմ գանձանակին ― ənddēm ganjanakin ― opposite the money-box
- վէմ ընդդէմ դնել դրան ― vēm ənddēm dnel dran ― to place a stone against the door
- զդուրս ընդդէմ դնել ― zdurs ənddēm dnel ― to close the doors
- բանիցն ընդդէմ բերել ― banicʻn ənddēm berel ― to reply opportunely, to respond
- ընդդէմ եղեւ նոցա իրն ― ənddēm ełew nocʻa irn ― they succeeded badly in that affair
- յետս ընդդէմ ընթեռնուլ ― yets ənddēm əntʻeṙnul ― to cavil, to sophisticate
- ընդդէմ յանդիման ― ənddēm yandiman ― face to face
Adverb
ընդդէմ • (ənddēm)
- instead, otherwise, on the contrary
Adjective
ընդդէմ • (ənddēm)
- contrary, opposed; opposite, inimical; unfortunate
- յընդդիմէն, զընդդէմն ― yənddimēn, zənddēmn ― instead, otherwise, on the contrary
- ընդդէմ հակառակութիւն ― ənddēm hakaṙakutʻiwn ― contrariety, contradiction, teasing
- ընդդէմ պատասխանի ― ənddēm patasxani ― an adequate or prompt reply
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ընդդէմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ընդդէմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy