Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From վայր (vayr, place; short span of time) +‎ -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix). The original meaning of վայր (vayr) is “place”. For the development of the sense of “time” from the sense of “place” compare ատեան (atean).

Noun

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վայրիկ (vayrik)

  1. moment, instant
    վայրիկ միvayrik mia moment, a little time, an instant
    եւ ոչ վայրիկ միew očʻ vayrik minot a single instant, not one moment
    վայրիկ մի եւս՝ եւ ...vayrik mi ews, ew ...little was wanting to ..., it was very near ..., it almost ...

Derived terms

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վայրիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press