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Old Armenian
Etymology
From յետ (yet) + -ս (-s).
Adverb
յետս • (yets)
- behind, backward
- յետս յետս չոգան ― yets yets čʻogan ― they fell back
- յետս ընդդէմ ― yets ənddēm ― backward; in an opposite sense, in the contrary directions, against the grain, in a wrong sense or way, contrariwise; contrary, against, opposite, inverse
- ձախողակի յետս ընդդէմքն պատահեաց նմա ― jaxołaki yets ənddēmkʻn pataheacʻ nma ― everything went wrong with him; fortune was against him
- յետս, յետս ընդդէմ դառնալ ― yets, yets ənddēm daṙnal ― to turn back, to retrace one's steps, to return, to go or come back
- կապել զձեռս յետս ― kapel zjeṙs yets ― to tie the hands behind one
- յետս կալ, կասել ― yets kal, kasel ― to cease, to stop; to abandon, to leave
- յետս կացուցանել ― yets kacʻucʻanel ― to hinder, to deter, to divert from
- յետս հարկանել ― yets harkanel ― to reject, to refuse, to confute, to disprove
- յետս ընկենուլ ― yets ənkenul ― to reject, to contemn, to despise
- յետս տանել ― yets tanel ― to abandon, to leave
- յետս ունել ― yets unel ― to hinder, to impede, to divert from
- ձեռս յետս ― jeṙs yets ― with the hands tied behind
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յետս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy