մանուած

Old Armenian

Etymology

մանեմ (manem) + -ուած (-uac)

Noun

մանուած • (manuac)

  1. spinning
  2. twisting
  3. weaving
  4. turn, bend, winding
    մանուած ականջացmanuac akanǰacʻhelix, the outer margin of the ear
  5. (figuratively) winding, complication, intricacy, intrigue, entanglement
    մանուած բանիցmanuac banicʻambages, circumlocution, circuit, roundabout way; beating about the bush, circumlocutory speech
    մանուած մտածութեանցmanuac mtacutʻeancʻcaprice, whim, fancy, freak

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մանվածք (manvackʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանուած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանուած”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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