Armenian

Adverb

ուշ • ‎(uš)

1. late

   Ուզո՞ւմ ես ինձ հետ ինչ-որ բան անել ավելի ուշ։‎ ― Uzu^?m es inj het inčʿ-or ban anel aveli uš. ― Do you want to do something with me later?

Adjective

ուշ • ‎(uš) ‎(superlative ամենաուշ)

1. late

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *uš. Compare Middle Persian ʾwš ‎(ōš), Persian هوش ‎(hôš). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- ‎(“ear”).

The sense “late” developed somehow from the sense “attentive”.

Noun

ուշ • ‎(uš)

1. intelligence, mind, sentiment, sense, instinct; memory, remembrance; attention

   ուշ եւ ուրուշ‎ ― uš ew uruš ― the senses

   ուշ ի կուրծ‎ ― uš i kurc ― attentively, carefully, heedfully

   ուշի ուշով‎ ― uši ušov ― with great attention, most attentively, more at leisure, diligently, carefully

   ուշ առնել, առնուլ, ունել, դնել‎ ― uš aṙnel, aṙnul, unel, dnel ― to pay attention, to be attentive, to have in view, not to lose sight of; to apply oneself to; to mind, to take care, to be heedful or cautious, to take good heed, to be on one's guard; to tend to, to aim at, to seek, to try, to endeavour, to strive

   յուշ ածել, առնել, արկանել‎ ― yuš acel, aṙnel, arkanel ― to recall to mind, to remember, to remind

   յուշ գալ, լինել, զուշով գալ‎ ― yuš gal, linel, zušov gal ― to bear in mind, to recollect, to call to mind, to remember

   յուշի ունել, կապել‎ ― yuši unel, kapel ― to preserve in one's memory, to have recollection of, never to forget

   ուշ ի կուրծս առնել‎ ― uš i kurcs aṙnel ― to think, to meditate, to conceive or imagine the design of

   ուշ ի կուրծս արկանել‎ ― uš i kurcs arkanel ― to take a thing for serious, in earnest

   զուշ եւ զուրուշ գրաւել‎ ― zuš ew zuruš grawel ― to enchant, to bewitch

   ընդոստուցանել զուշ‎ ― əndostucʿanel zuš ― to excite the attention

   ուշ ունել յոք‎ ― uš unel yokʿ ― to follow with the eyes

   յուշ բերել‎ ― yuš berel ― to call to mind, to remember

   յուշի բերել‎ ― yuši berel ― to revive, to cause a person recover his breath, to quicken, to rouse

   ուշ ունել‎ ― uš unel ― to pay attention, to notice; to wait

   բառնել յուշոյ մտաց‎ ― baṙnel yušoy mtacʿ ― to cause to forget, to put out of one's head

   պրծանիլ յուշոյ յիշատակաց‎ ― prcanil yušoy yišatakacʿ ― to be forgotten

   յուշ լինի ինձ, ինձ յուշ անկանի‎ ― yuš lini inj, inj yuš ankani ― I do remember

   ուշ ի կուրծս անկաւ գրել‎ ― uš i kurcs ankaw grel ― the idea struck him to write, he conceived the idea of writing

   ուշ ի կուրծս քաջալերէին զմիմեանս‎ ― uš i kurcs kʿaǰalerēin zmimeans ― they incessantly encouraged one another

   չէ ի յուշ մտաց‎ ― čʿē i yuš mtacʿ ― he does not remember

   նմա ընդ յուշի կապեալ‎ ― nma ənd yuši kapeal ― calling to his memory, reminding him

   ո՛ւշ կալ‎ ― úš kal ― attention!

Declension

Adjective

ուշ • ‎(uš)

1. attentive
2. late

Adverb

ուշ • ‎(uš)

1. late

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ուշ ‎(uš), ուշք ‎(uškʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935