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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *pēs. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (paēsa, “ornament, embellishment”), Sanskrit पेश (péśa, “ornament, decoration”) and Gurani پاسە (pāsa), پیْسە (pɛsa, “such; thus, like this”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-; compare պիսակ (pisak).
Preposition
պէս • (pēs)
- as, like
- պէս գունակ ― pēs gunak ― as
- պէս զայս օրինակ ― pēs zays ōrinak ― thus, in this manner or way
Adverb
պէս • (pēs)
- almost, nearly
Usage notes
Very common as a suffix -պէս (-pēs), meaning “like”.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press