չարախօս

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

չար (čʻar) + -ա- (-a-) + խօսիմ (xōsim)

Adjective

չարախօս • (čʻaraxōs)

  1. evil-speaking, slanderous, backbiting, talebearing, calumniating, detracting, defaming
    չարախօս լեզուčʻaraxōs lezuvenomous tongue, slanderer, backbiter
    չարախօս լինելčʻaraxōs linelto speak ill of, to slander, to detract, to calumniate, to accuse, to defame; to tittle-tattle, to gad about gossiping

Declension

Derived terms

  • չարախօսակից (čʻaraxōsakicʻ)
  • չարախօսեմ (čʻaraxōsem)
  • չարախօսութիւն (čʻaraxōsutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: չարախոս (čʻaraxos)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չարախօս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չարախօս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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