վնաս

From Old Armenian վնաս (vnas). Doublet of dialectal Constantinople Armenian գո̈ւնահ (günah, “sin”), Van Armenian գո̈ւնախ (günax, “sin”).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [vəˈnɑs]

վնաս • (vnas)

1. damage, harm, loss

• վնասաբեր (vnasaber)
• վնասակար (vnasakar)
• վնասարար (vnasarar)

A Northwestern Iranian borrowing. See Persian گناه‎ (gonâh) for more.

վնաս • (vnas)

1. injury, damage, harm, loss

   Synonym: զեան (zean)

   վնաս հասուցանել, տալ, գործել ― vnas hasucʿanel, tal, gorcel ― to injure, damage, harm

   վնասուք վաճառել ― vnasukʿ vačaṙel ― to sell at a loss

   ի վնաս ուրուք ― i vnas urukʿ ― at the peril, at the loss, at the detriment, at the expense of a person

   ոչ մեծ ինչ է վնասն ― očʿ mec inčʿ ē vnasn ― there is no great harm done

   ի վնաս իւր շրջեցաւ իրն ― i vnas iwr šrǰecʿaw irn ― the affair turned out to his disadvantage

   վնաս է քեզ գինին ― vnas ē kʿez ginin ― wine is bad for your health

   որ վնաս գործէ նոյն եւ հատուսցէ ― or vnas gorcē noyn ew hatuscʿē ― he that does the damage must answer for it

2. fine, penalty
3. fault, guilt, sin

   էր գիր վնասու նորա գրեալ ― ēr gir vnasu nora greal ― his accusation was written above

   զի՞նչ վնաս է իմ ― zi^?nčʿ vnas ē im ― what fault have I?

• Armenian: վնաս (vnas)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վնաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 346–347
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “վնաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 828ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 248
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վնաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 683a