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պէս

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *pēs. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (paēsa, ornament, embellishment), Sanskrit पेश (péśa, ornament, decoration) and Gurani پاسە (pāsa), پیْسە (pɛsa, such; thus, like this). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-; compare պիսակ (pisak).

Preposition

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պէս (pēs)

  1. as, like
    պէս գունակpēs gunakas
    պէս զայս օրինակpēs zays ōrinakthus, in this manner or way

Adverb

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պէս (pēs)

  1. almost, nearly

Usage notes

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Very common as a suffix -պէս (-pēs), meaning “like”.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պես (pes)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press