No. 804 in Armenian
նախ
" Նախ" means "first" or "before" in English.
In a sentence
Նախ ես սուրճ կխմեմ, հետո աշխատանքի կգնամ։
First, I will have coffee, then I will go to work.
In this sentence, 'նախ' introduces the action that is prioritized before subsequent actions.
Նա նախ տեսավ խնդիրը, իսկ ապա առաջարկեց լուծում։
She first identified the problem, and then proposed a solution.
Here, 'նախ' emphasizes the temporal order of noticing the situation.
Մարդիկ պետք է նախ մտածեն այլոց մասին, հետո միայն իրենց շահից։
People must first think about others, then about their own interests.
'Նախ' denotes the moral or ethical prioritization of actions.
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