ուշ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ուշ (uš).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ուշ • (uš)

1. late

   Ուզո՞ւմ ես ինձ հետ ինչ-որ բան անել ավելի ուշ։ ― Uzu^?m es inj het inčʻ-or ban anel aveli uš. ― Do you want to do something with me later?

Adjective

ուշ • (uš) (superlative ամենաուշ)

1. late

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *uš. Compare Middle Persian ʾwš (ōš), Persian هوش (hôš). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”).

The sense “late” developed somehow from the sense “attentive”.

Noun

ուշ • (uš)

1. intelligence, mind, sentiment, sense, instinct; memory, remembrance; attention

   ուշ եւ ուրուշ ― uš ew uruš ― the senses

   ուշ ի կուրծ ― uš i kurc ― attentively, carefully, heedfully

   ուշի ուշով ― uši ušov ― with great attention, most attentively, more at leisure, diligently, carefully

   ուշ առնել, առնուլ, ունել, դնել ― uš aṙnel, aṙnul, unel, dnel ― to pay attention, to be attentive, to have in view, not to lose sight of; to apply oneself to; to mind, to take care, to be heedful or cautious, to take good heed, to be on one's guard; to tend to, to aim at, to seek, to try, to endeavour, to strive

   յուշ ածել, առնել, արկանել ― yuš acel, aṙnel, arkanel ― to recall to mind, to remember, to remind

   յուշ գալ, լինել, զուշով գալ ― yuš gal, linel, zušov gal ― to bear in mind, to recollect, to call to mind, to remember

   յուշի ունել, կապել ― yuši unel, kapel ― to preserve in one's memory, to have recollection of, never to forget

   ուշ ի կուրծս առնել ― uš i kurcs aṙnel ― to think, to meditate, to conceive or imagine the design of

   ուշ ի կուրծս արկանել ― uš i kurcs arkanel ― to take a thing for serious, in earnest

   զուշ եւ զուրուշ գրաւել ― zuš ew zuruš grawel ― to enchant, to bewitch

   ընդոստուցանել զուշ ― əndostucʻanel zuš ― to excite the attention

   ուշ ունել յոք ― uš unel yokʻ ― to follow with the eyes

   յուշ բերել ― yuš berel ― to call to mind, to remember

   յուշի բերել ― yuši berel ― to revive, to cause a person recover his breath, to quicken, to rouse

   ուշ ունել ― uš unel ― to pay attention, to notice; to wait

   բառնել յուշոյ մտաց ― baṙnel yušoy mtacʻ ― to cause to forget, to put out of one's head

   պրծանիլ յուշոյ յիշատակաց ― prcanil yušoy yišatakacʻ ― to be forgotten

   յուշ լինի ինձ, ինձ յուշ անկանի ― yuš lini inj, inj yuš ankani ― I do remember

   ուշ ի կուրծս անկաւ գրել ― uš i kurcs ankaw grel ― the idea struck him to write, he conceived the idea of writing

   ուշ ի կուրծս քաջալերէին զմիմեանս ― uš i kurcs kʻaǰalerēin zmimeans ― they incessantly encouraged one another

   չէ ի յուշ մտաց ― čʻē i yuš mtacʻ ― he does not remember

   նմա ընդ յուշի կապեալ ― nma ənd yuši kapeal ― calling to his memory, reminding him

   ո՛ւշ կալ ― úš kal ― attention!

Declension

vow=on

vow=on

Adjective

ուշ • (uš)

1. attentive
2. late

Adverb

ուշ • (uš)

1. late

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ուշ (uš), ուշք (uškʻ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 191
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy