ուստ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The ու- (u-) is probably from the Proto-Indo-European *-kʷu- adverbial stem. The origin of -ստ (-st) is uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *-dh-to.

Adverb

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ուստ (ust)

  1. whence? from where? from what place? which way?
    ո՞ւստ ուստեքu?st ustekʻwhence? from where? from what place? which way?
  2. (as a suffix) from (showing direction)
    հեռուստheṙustfrom afar
    անդուստandustthence

Derived terms

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուստ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48