իմաստ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian իմաստ (imast).

Pronunciation

Noun

իմաստ (imast)

  1. sense, meaning
    փոխաբերական իմաստpʻoxaberakan imastfigurative sense
    ես չեմ հասկանում այս բառի իմաստըes čʻem haskanum ays baṙi imastəI don’t understand the meaning of this word
  2. purport; point
    կյանքի իմաստըkyankʻi imastəmeaning/purport of life
  3. point, sense
    իմաստ չունի այնտեղ գնալimast čʻuni aynteġ gnalthere is no point in going there; it is not worth going there

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Old Armenian

Etymology

իմանամ (imanam) +‎ -ստ (-st)

Noun

իմաստ (imast)

  1. signification, sense, meaning, substance, drift
    ունել զիմաստս իրիք, յիմաստս իրիք երթալunel zimasts irikʻ, yimasts irikʻ ertʻalto understand, to seize the meaning, to comprehend
    մեծահրաշ իմաստքmecahraš imastkʻmysteries
  2. understanding, good sense, judgment
    յիմաստ եւ բան հասանելyimast ew ban hasanelto arrive at the years of discretion
    զգայարանք իմաստիցzgayarankʻ imasticʻthe mind, intelligence
    ուշ իմաստին/իմաստիցuš imastin/imasticʻspirit, thought
    գալ յիմաստgal yimastto return to oneself, to recover the senses; to be known, understood
  3. notion, knowledge; conception; thought, idea, design, project
    իմաստք ուղղութեան, առաքինութեանimastkʻ ułłutʻean, aṙakʻinutʻeansentiment of probity, of virtue
    զիմաստ խորհրդեան կատարելzimast xorhrdean katarelto execute the deliberation of council
    իմաստքն գործք լինէինimastkʻn gorckʻ linēinthe ideas were realized
  4. maxim, axiom
  5. invention
  6. expedient, means
  7. intrigue, machination, plot, snare
    իմաստս չարս իմանալimasts čʻars imanalto weave a conspiracy, to form a plot, to cabal, to conspire
    զիմաստս խաբէութեանն լուծանելzimasts xabēutʻeann lucanelto frustrate a plot, to baffle an intrigue

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Descendants

  • Armenian: իմաստ (imast)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իմաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իմաստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy