գոնեա

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • գոնեայ (goneay), գոնէ (gonē)

Etymology

A frozen imperative of *գոնեմ (*gonem), an extinct verb of unknown origin and meaning.[1] Compare գուցէ (gucʿē), another frozen inflected form of a half-vanished verb that functions as a particle.

Particle

գոնեա • (gonea)

  1. at least
    Synonym: գէթ (gētʿ)
  2. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: թերեւս (tʿerews), ապաքէն (apakʿēn), իսկ (isk), անգամ (angam)

Descendants

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոնեա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 579a

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոնեա”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “գոնեա”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “գոնեա”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), “գոնեա”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոնեա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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