writer, author, bibliographer;
 book, writing;
cf. Մատենագրական;
 ընտիր —, classic author;
 յոռի —, sorry writer, scrawler, scribbler;
 —ք, men of letters, the literati.
historian of the Church, ecclesiastic historian.
chosen, worthy;
 fine, good;
 civil, of good family, elegant, excellent, exquisite, nice, genteel, pretty, noble, polished, precious, pure, singular, sovereign, superb;
 the best, the most excellent, the choice, the select, the flower, the cream;
 զընտիր զարդուցն եդին ի հպարատութիւն, precious ornaments served to beget pride;
 զ—ս Գաղղիոյ սատակեաց, he beat down the choice troops, the flower of France;
 գումարել զ— նահատակս, զօրս, to reunite the bravest warriors, the picked soldiers;
 — անասունք, very fast animals;
 — յոյժ, best, first quality;
 cf. Ընտրելագոյն;
 — մատենագիր, classic author;
 ընդ —ս հանել, to select, to make choice of, to elect;
 յ— առնել, to give the choice, to permit the selection;
 — առնել, to choose, to make choice of, to appreciate;
 ընտրոյ տէր, he who has the choice, arbiter;
 զնոսա թողացոյց ընտրոյ տեարս լինել, he left them the choice.
cf. Առաջնորդ;
 cf. Գտակ;
 cf. Մատենագիր.