Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian աղերս (ałers); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աղերս (aġers)

  1. supplication, entreaty
  2. relation, connection

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The first part is usually connected with աղաչեմ (ałačʻem). The second component has been identified with an independently unattested Proto-Armenian *hers from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, but this is uncertain.

Noun

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աղերս (ałers)

  1. supplication, petition, deprecation, entreaty
    աղերս արկանել, յաղերս մատչիլ, աղերս մատուցանելałers arkanel, yałers matčʻil, ałers matucʻanelto supplicate, to implore, to pray, to request
  2. pity, compassion, mercy
  3. self-justification, excuse
  4. gift given to win one's favour
  5. relationship, connection
  6. hope
  7. (of a voice) imploring

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղերս (aġers)
  • Georgian: ალერსი (alersi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղերս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղերս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղերս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “աղերս”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫers”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 35