գնացք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գնացք (gnacʻkʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

գնացք • (gnacʻkʻ)

  1. train
    Synonym: (non-standard, colloquial) պոեզդ (poezd)
    գնացքի գիծgnacʻkʻi gicrailway
    գնացք նստելgnacʻkʻ nstelto take a train
  2. procession, train
  3. (archaic) passage; walk; journey
  4. (archaic) gait, walk, step

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գնաց (gnacʻ) (rarely used singular form)

Etymology

գնաց- (gnacʻ-) + (-kʻ)

Noun

գնացք • (gnacʻkʻ) pl

  1. gait, step, pace, course; passage; way, journey; departure; circuit
    գնացին երից աւուրց գնաց ճանապարհի՝ յերկիր անապատgnacʻin ericʻ awurcʻ gnacʻ čanaparhi, yerkir anapatthey walked three days through the desert
  2. walk; place for taking a walk
  3. flow of water
  4. conduct, behaviour, demeanour, manners, custom
    դառնալ ի գնացից չարացdaṙnal i gnacʻicʻ čʻaracʻto reform, to lead a better life

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գնացք (gnacʻkʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գնացք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գնալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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