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նախնի

նախնի

Armenian

Noun

նախնի (naxni)

  1. ancestor, forefather

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From նախ (nax) + -նի (-ni).

Adjective

նախնի (naxni)

  1. first, primitive, ancient, old
    ի նախնումնi naxnumn ― anciently, formerly, in times past, in former ages

Declension

Noun

նախնի (naxni)

  1. ancient, chief
  2. (in the plural) the ancients, ancestors, antecessors, forefathers

Declension

Descendants

References

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