Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian լուրջ (lurǰ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

լուրջ (lurǰ) (superlative ամենալուրջ)

  1. serious
  2. (rare) blue

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Adverb edit

լուրջ (lurǰ)

  1. seriously

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱluH-r-yo- ~ *ḱluH-r-yeh₂- (light, bright, clear, clean, joyful). Cognates include Latin cluo (I clean), Welsh clir (light, bright, clear, clean, joyful), Lithuanian šlúoti (to wipe), Ancient Greek κλύζω (klúzō), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs, pure, clean). See also the by-form լուրթ (lurtʻ).

Adjective edit

լուրջ (lurǰ)

  1. *light, *shiny (this sense is unattested, but is apparent from compounds)
  2. light blue; blue
  3. cheerful, awake, sober, bright-minded
    ի լրջեաց, ի լրջուց, ի լրջէi lrǰeacʻ, i lrǰucʻ, i lrǰēin a waking state
  4. serious
    լուրջ երեսօքlurǰ eresōkʻseriously
    ի բարբառ լուրջi barbaṙ lurǰwith a serious voice

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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուրջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուրջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լուրջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 322