Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թերի (tʿeri).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

թերի (tʿeri) (superlative ամենաթերի)

  1. defective, imperfect, incomplete
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղուսուր (ġusur)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

թեր (tʿer, side) +‎ (-i)

Adjective edit

թերի (tʿeri)

  1. defective, imperfect, incomplete, faulty

Declension edit

Adverb edit

թերի (tʿeri)

  1. imperfectly, faultily

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թերի (tʿeri)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “թերի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “թերի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy