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լուռ

լուռ

Armenian

Adjective

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. silent, not talking
    նա լուռ էրna luṙ ēr ― he was silent

Adverb

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. silently
    լուռ լսելluṙ lsel ― to listen silently

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlusr-, from *ḱlew- (to hear). The word originally meant “one who listens”. See also լսեմ (lsem), մուռ (muṙ).

Adjective

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. mute, silent, taciturn
    լուռ բերանովluṙ beranov ― in silence
    լուռ հաւատքluṙ hawatkʿ ― absolute, blind faith
    լուռ լինել, կալluṙ linel, kal ― to be silent, to keep silence, to remain mute
    լուռ լինել ի թշնամութենէluṙ linel i tʿšnamutʿenē ― to cease from being enemies; to conceal enmity
    լուռ լինել յաստիճանէluṙ linel yastičanē ― to be deprived of, to be degraded, deposed
    լուռ լե՛րluṙ lér ― silence! hush! hold your tongue!
    ի լուռ լե՛րi luṙ lér ― do not celebrate!
    չկարէր լուռ կալčʿkarēr luṙ kal ― he could not refrain from speaking
    լուռ լուռ, լուռ մուռluṙ luṙ, luṙ muṙ ― silently, tacitly, in silence
    զմանկունս լուռ լուռ ուսուցանելzmankuns luṙ luṙ usucʿanel ― to teach the children silence

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լսել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 317