լազաթ
Armenian
Alternative forms
dialects
- dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
- լէզէթ (lēzētʿ) – Constantinople
- լա̈զա̈թ (läzätʿ) – Van, Karabakh
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لذات (lezzât), لذت (lezzet) (Turkish lezzet).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [lɑˈzɑtʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [lɑˈzɑtʰ]
Noun
լազաթ • (lazatʿ)
- (dialectal) gusto, relish, enjoyment
- լազաթով ― lazatʿov ― with enjoyment and relish; with gusto
- լազաթ առնել ― lazatʿ aṙnel ― to enjoy, to take pleasure
- լազաթ տալ ― lazatʿ tal ― to bring pleasure
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լազաթ (lazatʿ) | լազաթներ (lazatʿner) | ||
| dative | լազաթի (lazatʿi) | լազաթների (lazatʿneri) | ||
| ablative | լազաթից (lazatʿicʿ) | լազաթներից (lazatʿnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | լազաթով (lazatʿov) | լազաթներով (lazatʿnerov) | ||
| locative | լազաթում (lazatʿum) | լազաթներում (lazatʿnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | լազաթը/լազաթն (lazatʿə/lazatʿn) | լազաթները/լազաթներն (lazatʿnerə/lazatʿnern) | ||
| dative | լազաթին (lazatʿin) | լազաթներին (lazatʿnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | լազաթս (lazatʿs) | լազաթներս (lazatʿners) | ||
| dative | լազաթիս (lazatʿis) | լազաթներիս (lazatʿneris) | ||
| ablative | լազաթիցս (lazatʿicʿs) | լազաթներիցս (lazatʿnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | լազաթովս (lazatʿovs) | լազաթներովս (lazatʿnerovs) | ||
| locative | լազաթումս (lazatʿums) | լազաթներումս (lazatʿnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | լազաթդ (lazatʿd) | լազաթներդ (lazatʿnerd) | ||
| dative | լազաթիդ (lazatʿid) | լազաթներիդ (lazatʿnerid) | ||
| ablative | լազաթիցդ (lazatʿicʿd) | լազաթներիցդ (lazatʿnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | լազաթովդ (lazatʿovd) | լազաթներովդ (lazatʿnerovd) | ||
| locative | լազաթումդ (lazatʿumd) | լազաթներումդ (lazatʿnerumd) | ||
References
- Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “լազաթ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 179a
- Galstyan E. H., editor (1984), “լազաթ”, in Hay-ṙuseren baṙaran [Armenian–Russian Dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “լազաթ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 151