իրաւ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Instrumental case of իր (ir), used as an adverb. Later understood as a noun and even inflected (e.g. locative յիրաւի (yirawi)).

Adverb

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իրաւ (iraw)

  1. by deed; really, effectively
  2. justly, reasonably, rightly

Adjective

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իրաւ (iraw)

  1. just, true, lawful

Noun

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իրաւ (iraw)

  1. justice, equity, law
    իրաւ առնելiraw aṙnelto do justice, to justice
    դուք ձեզէն տուք զիրաւնdukʻ jezēn tukʻ zirawnbe ye yourselves the judges, judge for yourselves

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: իրավ (irav)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իրաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy