սաստ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սաստ (sast).

Pronunciation

Noun

սաստ (sast)

  1. (poetic) prohibition, ban
  2. (archaic, poetic) punishment
  3. reproof, scolding, rebuke

Declension

  • սաստիկ (sastik)
  • սաստել (sastel)
  • սաստում (sastum)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂sti-, from *ḱeh₂s- (to lead, teach, educate). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्ति (śasti, punishment, command) and Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬎 (sāstu, to teach).

Noun

սաստ (sast)

  1. bitter and angry reproof, scolding, rebuke, threat, menace; chastisement
    սաստ իշխանակերպ, մեծավայելուչsast išxanakerp, mecavayelučʿmajesty
    սաստ իշխանականsast išxanakanauthority, haughtiness
    սաստ աչացsast ačʿacʿpiercing glance
    ի սաստ մատչել ընդ ումեքi sast matčʿel ənd umekʿto reproach bitterly, to scold sharply

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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