կարճառօտ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From կարճ (karč) + *առօտ (*aṙōt). The second part, found also in համառօտ (hamaṙōt), is of unknown meaning and origin.

Adjective[edit]

կարճառօտ (karčaṙōt)

  1. short, brief, succinct, concise, laconic
    կարճառօտիւ, կարճառօտիւք, կարճառօտսkarčaṙōtiw, karčaṙōtiwkʿ, karčaṙōtsin few words, shortly, succinctly, briefly, concisely, summarily, laconically
    կարճառօտ հատանել, կարճառօտս կտրելkarčaṙōt hatanel, karčaṙōts ktrelto epitomize, to condense, to state briefly

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

կարճառօտ (karčaṙōt)

  1. in few words, shortly, succinctly, briefly, concisely, summarily, laconically

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կարճառոտ (karčaṙot)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “կարճառօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարճառօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-առաւտ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48