պէս

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *pēs. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀‎ (paēsa, “ornament, embellishment”) and Sanskrit पेश (péṡa, “ornament, decoration”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Preposition

պէս • (pēs)

  1. as, like
    պէս գունակ ― pēs gunak ― as
    պէս զայս օրինակ ― pēs zays ōrinak ― thus, in this manner or way

Adverb

պէս • (pēs)

  1. almost, nearly

Usage notes

Very common as a suffix -պէս (-pēs), meaning “like”.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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