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գնացք

գնացք

Armenian

Noun

գնացք (gnacʿkʿ)

  1. train
    գնացքի գիծgnacʿkʿi gic ― railway
    գնացք նստելgnacʿkʿ nstel ― to take a train
  2. procession, train
  3. (archaic) passage; walk; journey
  4. (archaic) gait, walk, step

Declension

Usage notes

For the sense “train”, in colloquial speech Russian по́езд (pójezd) is sometimes used instead.


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գնաց (gnacʿ) (rarely used singular form)

Etymology

գնաց- (gnacʿ-) + (-kʿ)

Noun

գնացք (gnacʿkʿ) pl

  1. gait, step, pace, course; passage; way, journey; departure; circuit
    գնացին երից աւուրց գնաց ճանապարհի՝ յերկիր անապատgnacʿin ericʿ awurcʿ gnacʿ čanaparhi, yerkir anapat ― they walked three days through the desert
  2. walk; place for taking a walk
  3. flow of water
  4. conduct, behaviour, demeanour, manners, custom
    դառնալ ի գնացից չարացdaṙnal i gnacʿicʿ čʿaracʿ ― to reform, to lead a better life

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գնացք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գնալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935