ապիրատ

See also: Ապիրատ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապիրատ (apirat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ապիրատ • (apirat) (superlative ամենաապիրատ)

  1. (literary) wicked, iniquitous
  2. (literary) unfit, untalented, useless, lousy

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *apēδāt. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpyḏ dʾt' /⁠apē-dat⁠/, unlawful), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾpδʾty /⁠(ə)paδātē⁠/, illicit, unjust, unlawful), Persian بیدادی (bêdâdi, injustice). For the constituents compare ապ- (ap-) and դատ (dat).

Adjective

ապիրատ • (apirat)

  1. wicked, iniquitous, rascally, roguish, flagitious
  2. (rare) banished, driven away

Declension

Derived terms

  • Ապիրատ (Apirat)
  • ապիրատաբար (apiratabar)
  • ապիրատախօս (apirataxōs)
  • ապիրատանամ (apiratanam)
  • ապիրատեմ (apiratem)
  • ապիրատիմ (apiratim)
  • ապիրատութիւն (apiratutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապիրատ (apirat)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), ապիրատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապիրատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապիրատ”, 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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