Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեռի (heṙi).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

հեռի (heṙi)

  1. (dialectal) far

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From հեռ- (heṙ-) +‎ (-i).

Adverb edit

հեռի (heṙi)

  1. far (of time and space)
    հեռի առնել, տանելheṙi aṙnel, tanelto remove far off; to scatter; to turn aside or away, to avert, to ward off
    հեռի ունելheṙi unelto keep away, or at a distance
    հեռի ունել զանձն յիմեքէheṙi unel zanjn yimekʿēto keep off, to avert; to abstain, to refrain
    հեռի առնիմ, լինիմheṙi aṙnim, linimto go away or far, to leave
    Աստուած իմ, մի՛ հեռի առնիր յինէնAstuac im, mí heṙi aṙnir yinēnremove not thyself, o God, from me!

Adjective edit

հեռի (heṙi)

  1. isolated, foreign
  2. distant, far off, of long duration

Preposition edit

հեռի (heṙi)

  1. without, except

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հեռի (heṙi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “հեռի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեռի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “հեռի”, 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 404