Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From լռել (lṙel) +‎ (-i) +‎ -այն (-ayn).

Adverb edit

լռելեայն (lṙeleayn)

  1. tacitly, by implication
  2. secretly, in secret
  3. silently, without bustle, in a private

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լռելյայն (lṙelyayn)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լռելեայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լռելեայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-այն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48