լաւ
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Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Ancient Greek λωΐων (lōḯōn, “better”) is a close cognate.
Adjective[edit]
լաւ • (law)
- good, excellent; superior, better; praiseworthy
- լաւ համարել, վարկանել ― law hamarel, varkanel ― to esteem or love more, to prefer
- առ լաւս ունել ― aṙ laws unel ― to hold in honor, to reverence
- ի լաւ անդր գալ ― i law andr gal ― to become better, to improve, to ameliorate
- լաւ է ― law ē ― it is good, it is better or worth more
- լաւ եւս ― law ews ― so much the better
- ո՞չ լաւ եւս իցէ ― o?čʻ law ews icʻē ― would it not be better?
- ո՞չ լաւ եմ ես քեզ քան զտասն որդի ― o?čʻ law em es kʻez kʻan ztasn ordi ― am I not worth more than ten sons to you?
- լաւ էր թէ մեռեալ էաք ― law ēr tʻē meṙeal ēakʻ ― would that we also had not survived!
- profitable, useful
- noble; honest, upright
Declension[edit]
i-a-type
Derived terms[edit]
- ամենալաւ (amenalaw)
- ամենալաւութիւն (amenalawutʻiwn)
- անլաւ (anlaw)
- անլաւութիւն (anlawutʻiwn)
- բարելաւ (barelaw)
- բարելաւութիւն (barelawutʻiwn)
- լաւաբար (lawabar)
- լաւաբարութիւն (lawabarutʻiwn)
- լաւաբեռնիմ (lawabeṙnim)
- լաւագոյն (lawagoyn)
- լաւագունութիւն (lawagunutʻiwn)
- լաւազգի (lawazgi)
- լաւախօս (lawaxōs)
- լաւածանօթ (lawacanōtʻ)
- լաւակամ (lawakam)
- լաւակամութիւն (lawakamutʻiwn)
- լաւակն (lawakn)
- լաւահայեաց (lawahayeacʻ)
- լաւամանկութիւն (lawamankutʻiwn)
- լաւանամ (lawanam)
- լաւացուցանեմ (lawacʻucʻanem)
- լաւիմաց (lawimacʻ)
- լաւորեար (laworear)
- լաւութիւն (lawutʻiwn)
- քաջալաւ (kʻaǰalaw)
- քաջալաւագոյն (kʻaǰalawagoyn)
- քաջալաւանամ (kʻaǰalawanam)
- քաջալաւութիւն (kʻaǰalawutʻiwn)
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: լավ (lav)
Further reading[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 268ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 451
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 70
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy