զգաստութիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

զգաստ (zgast) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)

Noun

զգաստութիւն • (zgastutʻiwn)

  1. prudence; sobriety
    • 16th century, Grigoris Ałtʿamarcʿi, Tałer [Poems] [1][2]:
      Թէ զիմ ըզգաստութիւնըս հարցանես դու,
      Չունիմ խելք ու բասար ՚ւ ոչ իմաստութիւն
      Tʻē zim əzgastutʻiwnəs harcʻanes du,
      Čʻunim xelkʻ u basar ’w očʻ imastutʻiwn
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        If you ask about my sobriety,
        I have neither sense, nor vision, nor wisdom.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զգաստություն (zgastutʻyun)

References

  1. Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 78
  2. Avdalbegyan, Mayis (1963) Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : XVI d. : Usumnasirutʻyun, kʻnnakan bnagrer ew canotʻagrutʻyunner [Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : 16th c. : Study, critical text, and annotations] (Miǰnadaryan hay taġerguner; 6), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 234

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