վրէժ

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See also: Վրէժ

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Northwestern Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlyhtn', wlyc- /⁠wirēxtan, wirēz-⁠/, flee, escape).

Noun[edit]

վրէժ (vrēž)

  1. revenge, vengeance
    ի վրէժi vrēžin return, in requital
    առնուլ, խնդրել, հանել զվրէժն, վրէժս պահանջել, հանել զքէն վրիժունaṙnul, xndrel, hanel zvrēžn, vrēžs pahanǰel, hanel zkʻēn vrižunto avenge, to revenge, to avenge oneself, to take vengeance, to be revenged, to have revenge
    վրէժս լուծանիլ, պահանջիլ, տալvrēžs lucanil, pahanǰil, talto suffer vengeance, to bear punishment, to pay dear for, to smart for
    ի վրէժ նախատանաց դստեր իւրոյi vrēž naxatanacʻ dster iwroyto avenge his daughter
    առից ի նմանէ զվրէժ իմaṙicʻ i nmanē zvrēž imI will revenge myself or him, he shall pay me dearly
    խնդրեաց զվրէժ զրկելոյնxndreacʻ zvrēž zrkeloynhe avenged the wrongs of him who suffered
    հատուցից վրէժս թշնամեաց իմոց եւ ատելեաց իմոց հատուցիցhatucʻicʻ vrēžs tʻšnameacʻ imocʻ ew ateleacʻ imocʻ hatucʻicʻI will be avenged of my enemies and I will requite them who hate me
    եօթն վրէժս լուծցէeōtʻn vrēžs luccʻēhe shall be avenged seven-fold
  2. crime, offence

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վրեժ (vrež)

References[edit]

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