արմատ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian արմատ (armat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

արմատ (armat)

  1. (botany) root
    Synonyms: (dialectal) տակռի (takṙi), (dialectal) տակ (tak)
  2. (anatomy) root of a tooth, hair
  3. (figuratively) root, origin
  4. (mathematics) root, radical
    քառակուսի արմատkʻaṙakusi armatsquare root
    խորանարդ արմատxoranard armatcube root
  5. (mathematics) root (zero of a function)
  6. (linguistics) root

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

արմ (arm) + -ատ (-at)

Noun[edit]

արմատ (armat)

  1. (botany) root
    արմատս առնուլ, արձակելarmats aṙnul, arjakelto take root
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 14.8–9:[1]
      Եթէ ծերասցի յերկրի արմատ նորա՝ եւ ի քարի վախճանեսցի բուն նորա, ի հոտոյ ջրոյ ծաղկեսցի
      Etʻē cerascʻi yerkri armat nora, ew i kʻari vaxčanescʻi bun nora, i hotoy ǰroy całkescʻi
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        If its root grow old in earth, and the crown of its root die in a rock, at the scent of water it will sprout
  2. tribe, race, stock, line
  3. (figuratively) base, foundation
  4. (figuratively) source, origin, cause

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: արմատ (armat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, pages 118–119

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արմատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արմատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արմատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press