յետս

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յետ (yet) +‎ -ս (-s).

Adverb

յետս • (yets)

1. behind, backward

   յետս յետս չոգան ― yets yets čʻogan ― they fell back

   յետս ընդդէմ ― yets ənddēm ― backward; in an opposite sense, in the contrary directions, against the grain, in a wrong sense or way, contrariwise; contrary, against, opposite, inverse

   ձախողակի յետս ընդդէմքն պատահեաց նմա ― jaxołaki yets ənddēmkʻn pataheacʻ nma ― everything went wrong with him; fortune was against him

   յետս, յետս ընդդէմ դառնալ ― yets, yets ənddēm daṙnal ― to turn back, to retrace one's steps, to return, to go or come back

   կապել զձեռս յետս ― kapel zjeṙs yets ― to tie the hands behind one

   յետս կալ, կասել ― yets kal, kasel ― to cease, to stop; to abandon, to leave

   յետս կացուցանել ― yets kacʻucʻanel ― to hinder, to deter, to divert from

   յետս հարկանել ― yets harkanel ― to reject, to refuse, to confute, to disprove

   յետս ընկենուլ ― yets ənkenul ― to reject, to contemn, to despise

   յետս տանել ― yets tanel ― to abandon, to leave

   յետս ունել ― yets unel ― to hinder, to impede, to divert from

   ձեռս յետս ― jeṙs yets ― with the hands tied behind

References

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