բաց

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian բաց (bacʿ).

Adjective

բաց • (bacʿ) (superlative ամենաբաց)

  1. open, not closed
    Antonym: փակ (pʿak)
    բաց դուռ ― bacʿ duṙ ― open door
  2. (of color) light
    բաց կապույտ ― bacʿ kapuyt ― light blue
Declension
Descendants
  • → Georgian: ბაცი (baci)

Noun

բաց • (bacʿ)

  1. Bats (language)
Declension
Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բաց- (bacʿ-), the aorist stem of բանամ (banam, “to open”).

Adjective

բաց • (bacʿ)

  1. open, uncovered
    բացաւ գլխով ― bacʿaw glxov ― with an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    աչօք բացօք, բացաւ աչօք ոչ զոք տեսանէր ― ačʿōkʿ bacʿōkʿ, bacʿaw ačʿōkʿ očʿ zokʿ tesanēr ― with the eyes open, he saw nothing
    բացաւ երեսօք, բացօք երեսօք ― bacʿaw eresōkʿ, bacʿōkʿ eresōkʿ ― with an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    թողուլ ի բաց զքաղաքն ― tʿołul i bacʿ zkʿałakʿn ― to leave open the gates of a city
    ի բաց է դուռն ― i bacʿ ē duṙn ― the door is open
    ի բաց ունել զգլուխն ― i bacʿ unel zgluxn ― to have the head uncovered
    ի բա՛ց գնա ― i bácʿ gna ― go away!
    ի բաց գնացէք յինէն ― i bacʿ gnacʿēkʿ yinēn ― go away from me!
    բացէ ի բաց, ի բաց ― bacʿē i bacʿ, i bacʿ ― far, very far; quite; out, abroad
    բաց ի բաց ― bacʿ i bacʿ ― openly, evidently
    բացուստ ի բաց ― bacʿust i bacʿ ― from afar; far
    ի բացի ― i bacʿi ― in a field, out of the city, in the country, in the open air, under the open sky
    ի բաց առնել ― i bacʿ aṙnel ― to remove, to send away
    ի բաց առնուլ ― i bacʿ aṙnul ― to subtract, to take away; to remove
    քաջ ի բաց անցանել զբազմօք ― kʿaǰ i bacʿ ancʿanel zbazmōkʿ ― to surpass many
    ի բաց բառնալ ― i bacʿ baṙnal ― to take away
    երթալ ի բաց, ի բաց գնալ ― ertʿal i bacʿ, i bacʿ gnal ― to go away, to depart
    ի բաց եդաւ ձմեռնային ցրտութիւն ― i bacʿ edaw jmeṙnayin cʿrtutʿiwn ― the rigour of winter is past
    ի բաց քակել զաղաղակն ― i bacʿ kʿakel załałakn ― to cease from crying
    ի բաց տար, ի բաց անդր տար ― i bacʿ tar, i bacʿ andr tar ― never! no! God forbid! come along! fy!
    բաց ի ― bacʿ i ― except, excepted, besides, save; without

Usage notes

In the translations of the Hellenizing School serves as a prefix with the meaning "apo-, ex-, away", in calques of Ancient Greek words with ἐκ (ek) and ἀπό (apó), for example բաց-արձակ (bacʿ-arjak) = ἀπό-λυτος (apó-lutos), բաց-ա-տրեմ (bacʿ-a-trem) = ἀπο-τίθημι (apo-títhēmi).

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 469—470
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 98ab
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