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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գէր (gēr).
Pronunciation
Adjective
գեր • (ger) (traditional orthography spelling գէր, superlative ամենագեր)
- fat, plump, fleshy (of a person or animal)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to raise, to raise up”).
Preposition
գեր • (ger)
- (usually with the accusative) above, higher, over, more than
- գեր ի վերոյ ― ger i veroy ― supreme, superior, excellent, sublime, pre-eminent, higher
- գեր քան ― ger kʻan ― over, upon, above, beyond
- գեր լինել ― ger linel ― to be above, to excel, to surpass, to surmount
- (as a prefix) hyper-, super- translating Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér)
- գերագոյն ― geragoyn ― ὑπέρτερος
- գերադրական ― geradrakan ― ὑπερθετικός
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
The origin is uncertain.
Noun
գեր • (ger)
- weeping, wailing
- գեր գործել ― ger gorcel ― to weep
Adjective
գեր • (ger)
- woeful, lamentable
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գեր”, 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 207
- Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “գեր”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press