թույլ տալ
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թոյլ տամ (tʻoyl tam). The second sense is a semantic loan from Russian допусти́ть (dopustítʹ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /tʰujl tal/ [tʰujl tɑl] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /tujl dal/ [tʰujl dɑl] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Verb edit
- to allow, to permit, to give permission
- Synonyms: թողնել (tʻoġnel), թույլատրել (tʻuylatrel), (Western Armenian) ձգել (jgel)
- Թույլ տվեք ինձ ներկայանալ։ ― Tʻuyl tvekʻ inj nerkayanal. ― Allow me to introduce myself.
- to let happen; to make, to commit
- սխալ թույլ տալ ― sxal tʻuyl tal ― to make a mistake, to commit an error