գեղեցիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղեցիկ (gełecʻik).

Pronunciation

Adjective

գեղեցիկ • (geġecʻik) (superlative ամենագեղեցիկ)

  1. beautiful; handsome
    Synonyms: սիրուն (sirun), (dialectal) ղաշանգ (ġašang)

Declension

Adverb

գեղեցիկ • (geġecʻik)

  1. beautifully

Old Armenian

Etymology

From գեղ (geł) + -եցիկ (-ecʻik).

Adjective

գեղեցիկ • (gełecʻik)

  1. handsome, pretty, genteel, gallant, agreeable, smiling, graceful, cheerful; polite, becoming, proper, decent, light, elegant, happy, good
    գեղեցիկ դպրութիւնքgełecʻik dprutʻiwnkʻfine letters

Declension

Adverb

գեղեցիկ • (gełecʻik)

  1. well, very well, prettily, politely, decently
  2. bravely, excellently, gallantly

Descendants

  • Armenian: գեղեցիկ (geġecʻik) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղեցիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեղեցիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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