պէս

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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)

  1. as, like
    պէս գունակpēs gunakas
    պէս զայս օրինակpēs zays ōrinakthus, in this manner or way

Adverb

պէս (pēs)

  1. almost, nearly

Usage notes

Very common as a suffix -պէս (-pēs), meaning “like”.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: պես (pes)

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