𐔴𐕝𐔴𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺

Aghwan

Etymology

*𐔴𐕝𐔴 (*eśe, “beginning”) +‎ -𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺 (-x̣osṭay, anteablative II suffix), literally “from the beginning”

Noun

𐔴𐕝𐔴𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺 (eśex̣osṭay)

1. anteablative of *𐔴𐕝𐔴 (*eśe, “beginning”)
   • Bible John.1,1:

     𐔴𐕝𐔴𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺 𐔴 𐔼𐕅𐕒𐕡𐕆𐔶 𐕯 𐔴 𐔼𐕅𐕒𐕡 𐔱͞𐔴𐕀𐕒𐕐𐕆𐔶 𐕯 𐔱͞𐕘 𐔴 𐔼𐕅𐕒𐕡𐕆𐔶

     eśex̣osṭay e il'uhē » e il'u b͞exošhē » b͞ġ e il'uhē

     From the beginning was the word, the word was with God, God was the word.

Further reading

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page IV-15