Armenian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish صوص (sus).[1]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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սուս (sus)

  1. quiet!, silence!

Adverb

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սուս (sus)

  1. quietly, silently
    սուս անել՝ կենալsus anel, kenalto be quiet, to fall silent
    սուս ու փուսsus u pʻusvery quietly, silently
    սուս մնաsus mnabe quiet, shut up
  2. softly, lightly

Adjective

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սուս (sus) (superlative ամենասուս)

  1. (rare) quiet, silent
    սուս մարդsus mardquiet man

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “սուս”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 323