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վախ

վախ

Armenian

Noun

վախ (vax)

  1. fear, fright, dread

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain.

Alternative forms

  • վահ (vah)
  • վազ (vaz) (common misspelling)

Noun

վախ (vax)

  1. steep place, precipice
    վախ ի վախէvax i vaxē ― steep, cragged
    ի վախից արկանել, ընկենուլ, մղել, հոսելi vaxicʿ arkanel, ənkenul, młel, hosel ― to precipitate, to throw headlong down
    անկանիլ, մղիլ ի վախիցankanil, młil i vaxicʿ ― to be cast down a precipice
Declension
Derived terms
  • վախուտ (vaxut)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

վախ (vax)

  1. fear
Usage notes

The word is not attested independently in the classical period outside its compounds

Derived terms
  • անվախ (anvax)
  • անվախութիւն (anvaxutʿiwn)
  • աստուածավախ (astuacavax)
Descendants

References

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