վայրագ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian վայրագ (vayrag); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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վայրագ (vayrag) (superlative ամենավայրագ)

  1. ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel, barbaric

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Synonyms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From վայր (vayr, uninhabited place) +‎ ագանիմ (aganim, spend the night). The formation corresponds to Ancient Greek ἀγροῖκος (agroîkos).

Adjective

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վայրագ (vayrag)

  1. living in wild uninhabited places
  2. (by extension) ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag)
  • Old Georgian: ვერაგი (veragi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վայրագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վայրագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վայրագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press