կէս

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Old Armenian

Etymology

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Noun

կէս (kēs)

  1. half
    ի կէս, կիսով չափi kēs, kisov čʻapʻby half; half done
    կէս ի կէսkēs i kēsin part, half, by halves, imperfectly
    կէս ի կէս բանիւ խոստանալkēs i kēs baniw xostanalto make a half promise; to promise with the lips, insincerely
    կէս ժամkēs žamhalf an hour
    զտասն եւ կէս ժամաւztasn ew kēs žamawat half past ten
    կէս գիշերkēs gišermidnight
    կէսի ճանապարհինkēsi čanaparhinhalf way
    հեռի իբր երկու եւ կէս խրասախօքheṙi ibr erku ew kēs xrasaxōkʻabout two leagues and a half distant
    ի կանգնոյ եւ ի կիսոյi kangnoy ew i kisoya cubit and a half
    ի տարւոջ եւ ի կիսումi tarwoǰ ew i kisumin a year and a half
    ի կէսն վերածելi kēsn veracelto reduce to half
    ի կէս աւուրց մեռանելi kēs awurcʻ meṙanelto die early, in the flower or bloom of youth
    եթէ կիսոյ կէս ի մէնջ մեռանիցիմքetʻē kisoy kēs i mēnǰ meṙanicʻimkʻif half of us die
    մեծ կէս աշխարհին աւերացաւmec kēs ašxarhin aweracʻawhalf the country was ruined
    եւ ահա ի կէս չէ/ոչ է ի կէս զոր պատմեցին ինձew aha i kēs čʻē/očʻ ē i kēs zor patmecʻin injnot half the truth was told me; that which was told me was not half the truth
    կէսքkēskʻsome
    կէսք..., այլք...kēskʻ..., aylkʻ...some... others...

Declension

Adverb

կէս (kēs)

  1. in part

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կես (kes)
  • Georgian: კესი (ḳesi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 360