առաքինի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian առաքինի (aṙakʿini).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

առաքինի (aṙakʿini) (superlative ամենաառաքինի)

  1. virtuous, honest, modest
  2. flawless, pure, immaculate

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

Ałayan derives from the preposition առա- (aṙa-) + *քէն (*kʿēn), from *քեյն (*kʿeyn), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetən, an extended form of the root *kʷet-, *ket- (battle), + (-i); compare Proto-Celtic *katus (battle) (note especially Welsh cadr (strong, mighty), cadarn (powerful, mighty), Breton kadarn (brave)), Proto-Germanic *haþuz (battle), Old Church Slavonic котора (kotora, quarrel)); see Walde–Pokorny for this root. J̌ahukyan is skeptical of this etymology remarking that the proto-form of these words is usually reconstructed with a *ḱ-, e.g. Pokorny has *ḱat-.

Adjective

առաքինի (aṙakʿini)

  1. valiant, courageous
  2. virtuous, honest

Declension

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