բա

Old Armenian

Etymology

Imperative of բամ (bam, “I say”).

Conjunction

բա՛ • (bá)

  1. that
    ասացի բա՛... ― asacʻi bá... ― I said that...

Adverb

բա • (ba)

  1. truly, indeed, really

Descendants
  • Armenian: բա (ba)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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