LingoflyԼայնակի
- Լայնակիlaynagicrosswise
“Լայնակի” (laynagi) — crosswise in Western Armenian. Preposition, level B1. From լայն (layn), wide: 'by the width'. Not a preposition but an adverb, and it stands AFTER what it relates to: գերանը (keranə) դրուած (truadz) է ճանապարհին (janabarhin) լայնակի (laynagi). In a live sentence: “Գերանը ինկած էր ճանապարհին լայնակի” (keranə ingadz er janabarhin laynagi) — The log was lying crosswise on the road. Written with the characters Լ, ա, յ, ն, ա, կ, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Լայնակի (laynagi) |
| Read in Latin letters | laynagi |
| Translation | crosswise |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From լայն (layn), wide: 'by the width'. Not a preposition but an adverb, and it stands AFTER what it relates to: գերանը (keranə) դրուած (truadz) է ճանապարհին (janabarhin) լայնակի (laynagi)
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Գերանը ինկած էր ճանապարհին լայնակիkeranə ingadz er janabarhin laynagiThe log was lying crosswise on the road
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “crosswise” in Western Armenian?
«Լայնակի» (laynagi), read “laynagi”. In a live sentence: “Գերանը ինկած էր ճանապարհին լայնակի” (keranə ingadz er janabarhin laynagi) — The log was lying crosswise on the road. Preposition, level B1; written with the characters Լ, ա, յ, ն, ա, կ, ի.
How is “Լայնակի” (laynagi) written in Latin letters?
laynagi. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
From լայն (layn), wide: 'by the width'. Not a preposition but an adverb, and it stands AFTER what it relates to: գերանը (keranə) դրուած (truadz) է ճանապարհին (janabarhin) լայնակի (laynagi). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.