վայրիկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

վայրիկ • (vayrik)

1. moment, instant

   վայրիկ մի ― vayrik mi ― a moment, a little time, an instant

   եւ ոչ վայրիկ մի ― ew očʻ vayrik mi ― not 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

• վայրկեան (vayrkean)

References

• 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