Armenian

Adjective

պատշաճ • ‎(patšač) ‎(superlative ամենապատշաճ)

1. due, fit, proper, decent, decorous, becoming, seemly, appropriate

   պատշաճ կերպով, ըստ պատշաճի‎ ― patšač kerpov, əst patšači ― duly

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *պատսաճ ‎(*patsač), from Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(patsač), composed of the prefix [script needed] ‎(pat-, “against, with respect to”) and the root [script needed] ‎(sač-)․ Compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(paiti-sač), Old Persian [script needed] ‎(pati-sač). For the root [script needed] ‎(sač-) compare Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(sačitan, “to be suited, worthy”) and Persian سزیدن ‎(sazīdan, “to fit, suit”).

Adjective

պատշաճ • ‎(patšač)

1. suitable, pertinent, proper, seemly, decorous, becoming, convenient, congruous, fit, decent, conformable, analogous, proportioned; just, reasonable

   պատշաճք‎ ― patšačkʿ ― decency, decorum, propriety, conveniency

   ըստ պատշաճի, ըստ պատշաճից‎ ― əst patšači, əst patšačicʿ ― conveniently, duly, a propos, pertinently, decently, seemly, seasonably

   պատշաճ է, պարտաւ պատշաճ է‎ ― patšač ē, partaw patšač ē ― it is proper, suitable, right, it becomes

   չէ պատշաճ‎ ― čʿē patšač ― it is not seemly or befitting

   ըստ ոչ պատշաճի‎ ― əst očʿ patšači ― unseasonable

   լնուլ զպարտս պատշաճից‎ ― lnul zparts patšačicʿ ― to behave with propriety, decorum, good breeding or politeness

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: պատշաճ ‎(patšač)

References

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