փախուստ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փախուստ (pʿaxust).

Pronunciation

Noun

փախուստ (pʿaxust)

  1. flight, escape, getaway
    փախուստ բանտիցpʿaxust banticʿprison break
  2. bolt, dash, flight (quick escape)
  3. eloping (of a woman who runs away from her family or husband with another man)
  4. (military) desertion, defection
  5. (figuratively) avoidance, evasion

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

փախչիմ (pʿaxčʿim, flee, escape) + -ստ (-st)

Noun

փախուստ (pʿaxust)

  1. flight, escape
    փախուստ զօրացpʿaxust zōracʿrout, defeat, overthrow
    ի փախուստ դարձուցանելi pʿaxust darjucʿanelto put to flight, to rout
    ի փախուստ մտաբերելi pʿaxust mtaberelto meditate flight
    փախուստ առնուլ, ի փախուստ դառնալ, աճապարել, երթալ, մտանիլ, լինել, կալpʿaxust aṙnul, i pʿaxust daṙnal, ačaparel, ertʿal, mtanil, linel, kalto take to flight, to flee, to run away, to turn one's back, to turn tail
  2. evasion, subterfuge, shift, tergiversation

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փախուստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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