Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian լիր (lir).

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Noun

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լիր (lir)

  1. plenitude, fullness
  2. embankment
    երկաթուղային լիրerkatʻuġayin lirrailway embankment

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լիր (lir) (superlative ամենալիր)

  1. (rare) Synonym of լի (li)

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “լիր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Galstyan E. H., editor (1984), “լիր”, in Hay-ṙuseren baṙaran [Armenian–Russian Dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-r-, from *pleh₁-.

Noun

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լիր (lir)

  1. plenitude, fullness
    լիր արկանելlir arkanelto fill a ditch
    լրիւ իւրովlriw iwrovtotally, entirely, completely
    ապականել, կորուսանել զերկիրն լրիւ իւրովapakanel, korusanel zerkirn lriw iwrovto lay waste the land; to desolate the land in the fulness thereof
    Տեառն է երկիր լրիւ իւրովTeaṙn ē erkir lriw iwrovthe earth is the Lord's and all that therein is

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լիր (lir), լրիվ (lriv)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լի”, 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 309