զգօնութիւն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From զգօն (zgōn) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun

զգօնութիւն • (zgōnutʻiwn)

  1. wisdom, maturity, good sense, good judgment
    Զգօնութիւն, Գիրք ԶգօնութեանZgōnutʻiwn, Girkʻ Zgōnutʻeanthe Book of Wisdom and the Proverbs of Solomon
    սկիզբն զգօնութեան երկիւղ Տեառնskizbn zgōnutʻean erkiwł Teaṙnthe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
  2. mildness, gentleness, benignity, affability

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զգօնութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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