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Old Armenian
Etymology
A Northwestern Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian (wlyhtn', wlyc- /wirēxtan, wirēz-/, “flee, escape”).
Noun
վրէժ • (vrēž)
- revenge, vengeance
- ի վրէժ ― i vrēž ― in return, in requital
- առնուլ, խնդրել, հանել զվրէժն, վրէժս պահանջել, հանել զքէն վրիժուն ― aṙnul, xndrel, hanel zvrēžn, vrēžs pahanǰel, hanel zkʻēn vrižun ― to avenge, to revenge, to avenge oneself, to take vengeance, to be revenged, to have revenge
- վրէժս լուծանիլ, պահանջիլ, տալ ― vrēžs lucanil, pahanǰil, tal ― to suffer vengeance, to bear punishment, to pay dear for, to smart for
- ի վրէժ նախատանաց դստեր իւրոյ ― i vrēž naxatanacʻ dster iwroy ― to avenge his daughter
- առից ի նմանէ զվրէժ իմ ― aṙicʻ i nmanē zvrēž im ― I will revenge myself or him, he shall pay me dearly
- խնդրեաց զվրէժ զրկելոյն ― xndreacʻ zvrēž zrkeloyn ― he avenged the wrongs of him who suffered
- հատուցից վրէժս թշնամեաց իմոց եւ ատելեաց իմոց հատուցից ― hatucʻicʻ vrēžs tʻšnameacʻ imocʻ ew ateleacʻ imocʻ hatucʻicʻ ― I will be avenged of my enemies and I will requite them who hate me
- եօթն վրէժս լուծցէ ― eōtʻn vrēžs luccʻē ― he shall be avenged seven-fold
- crime, offence
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վրէժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վրէժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վրէժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press