լաւ

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Ancient Greek λωΐων (lōḯōn, “better”) is a close cognate.

լաւ • (law)

1. good, excellent; superior, better; praiseworthy

   լաւ համարել, վարկանել ― law hamarel, varkanel ― to esteem or love more, to prefer

   առ լաւս ունել ― aṙ laws unel ― to hold in honor, to reverence

   ի լաւ անդր գալ ― i law andr gal ― to become better, to improve, to ameliorate

   լաւ է ― law ē ― it is good, it is better or worth more

   լաւ եւս ― law ews ― so much the better

   ո՞չ լաւ եւս իցէ ― o^?čʿ law ews icʿē ― would it not be better?

   ո՞չ լաւ եմ ես քեզ քան զտասն որդի ― o^?čʿ law em es kʿez kʿan ztasn ordi ― am I not worth more than ten sons to you?

   լաւ էր թէ մեռեալ էաք ― law ēr tʿē meṙeal ēakʿ ― would that we also had not survived!

2. profitable, useful
3. noble; honest, upright

• Armenian: լավ (lav)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 268ab
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 451
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• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “լաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy