վախ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian *վախ (*vax), the root of վախեմ (vaxem).

Noun

վախ • (vax)

  1. fear, fright, dread
    Synonyms: երկյուղ (erkyuġ), ահ (ah)
Declension
Derived terms

Interjection

վախ • (vax)

  1. an exclamation of pain or grief

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վահ (vah)
  • վազ (vaz) (common misspelling)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps related to վախեմ (vaxem, to fear).

Noun

վախ • (vax)

  1. steep place, precipice
    վախ ի վախէvax i vaxēsteep, cragged
    ի վախից արկանել, ընկենուլ, մղել, հոսելi vaxicʻ arkanel, ənkenul, młel, hoselto precipitate, to throw headlong down
    անկանիլ, մղիլ ի վախիցankanil, młil i vaxicʻto be cast down a precipice

Declension

Derived terms

  • վախուտ (vaxut)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 294b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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