լաւ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Ancient Greek λωΐων (lōḯōn, better) or Lithuanian lãbas (good).

Adjective

լաւ (law)

  1. good, excellent; superior, better; praiseworthy
    լաւ համարել, վարկանելlaw hamarel, varkanelto esteem or love more, to prefer
    առ լաւս ունելaṙ laws unelto hold in honor, to reverence
    ի լաւ անդր գալi law andr galto become better, to improve, to ameliorate
    լաւ էlaw ēit is good, it is better or worth more
    լաւ եւսlaw ewsso much the better
    ո՞չ լաւ եւս իցէo?čʻ law ews icʻēwould it not be better?
    ո՞չ լաւ եմ ես քեզ քան զտասն որդիo?čʻ law em es kʻez kʻan ztasn ordiam I not worth more than ten sons to you?
    լաւ էր թէ մեռեալ էաքlaw ēr tʻē meṙeal ēakʻwould that we also had not survived!
  2. profitable, useful
  3. noble; honest, upright

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: լավ (lav)

References

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