ուղիղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուղիղ (ułił).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ուղիղ (ułił) (superlative ամենաուղիղ)

  1. straight, direct
  2. (broadcasting) live

Declension

Noun

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. (geometry) straight line

Declension

Adverb

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. straight, directly
  2. (broadcasting) live

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ուղիւղ (ułiwł), ուղեւղ (ułewł), ուղեղ (ułeł)

Etymology

The origin in uncertain.[1][2] Often connected with ուղի (ułi) and ուղեղ (ułeł).[3][4]

Adjective

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. straight, right, direct
    ուղիղ գիծułił gicright line
    ուղիղ անկիւնułił ankiwnright angle
    ուղիղ առնելułił aṙnelto smooth, to prepare; to make ready the way
  2. (figuratively) upright, right, just, honest
    ուղիղ սիրտułił sirthonest, loyal heart
    ուղիղ միտքułił mitkʿupright mind, just judgment

Declension

Adverb

ուղիղ (ułił)

  1. directly, straightly
    ուղիղ գնալ ի նպատակնułił gnal i npataknto come to the point, to aim at
  2. (figuratively) uprightly, rightly, justly, well
    ուղիղ վարդապետելułił vardapetelto indoctrinate, to instruct in sound principles
    ուղիղ դատեցարułił datecʿarthou hast rightly judged

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ուղիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 596–597
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 965
  3. Meillet, Antoine (1913) Altarmenisches Elementarbuch (in German), Heidelberg: C. Winter, page 20
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ուղիղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 748b

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ուղիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 237
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ուղիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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