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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian վնաս (vnas). Doublet of dialectal Constantinople Armenian գո̈ւնահ (günah, “sin”), Van Armenian գո̈ւնախ (günax, “sin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
վնաս • (vnas)
- damage, harm, loss
- Synonym: (dialectal) զարար (zarar)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
A Northwestern Iranian borrowing. See Persian گناه (gonâh) for more.
Noun
վնաս • (vnas)
- injury, damage, harm, loss
- Synonym: զեան (zean)
- վնաս հասուցանել, տալ, գործել ― vnas hasucʻanel, tal, gorcel ― to injure, damage, harm
- վնասուք վաճառել ― vnasukʻ vačaṙel ― to sell at a loss
- ի վնաս ուրուք ― i vnas urukʻ ― at the peril, at the loss, at the detriment, at the expense of a person
- ոչ մեծ ինչ է վնասն ― očʻ mec inčʻ ē vnasn ― there is no great harm done
- ի վնաս իւր շրջեցաւ իրն ― i vnas iwr šrǰecʻaw irn ― the affair turned out to his disadvantage
- վնաս է քեզ գինին ― vnas ē kʻez ginin ― wine is bad for your health
- որ վնաս գործէ նոյն եւ հատուսցէ ― or vnas gorcē noyn ew hatuscʻē ― he that does the damage must answer for it
- fine, penalty
- fault, guilt, sin
- էր գիր վնասու նորա գրեալ ― ēr gir vnasu nora greal ― his accusation was written above
- զի՞նչ վնաս է իմ ― zi?nčʻ vnas ē im ― what fault have I?
Declension
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վնաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 346–347
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “վնաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 828ab
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 248
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վնաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 683a