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Armenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Armenian գիր (gir).
Pronunciation
Noun
գիր • (gir)
- letter (symbol in an alphabet)
- Synonym: տառ (taṙ)
- (often in the plural) script, writing system
- հայոց գրերը ― hayocʻ grerə ― the Armenian script
- document
- tail (of a coin)
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wēr-, from *wer- (“to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline”). Cognates include Sanskrit व्रण (vraṇa, “wound”), Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “skin”), Old Church Slavonic рана (rana, “wound”), Old High German rīzan (German reißen) and Old English wrītan (English write).
Noun
գիր • (gir)
- letter (symbol in an alphabet)
- letter, epistle
- writing, document, something written
- գիր/թուղթ մեկնելոյ ― gir/tʻułtʻ mekneloy ― act of divorce
- գիր առնել, հանել ― gir aṙnel, hanel ― to publish, to write
- գիր հաստատել ― gir hastatel ― to post up or stake on the wall a bill, writing or advertisement
- ի գիր, ընդ գրով անկանել, լինել ― i gir, ənd grov ankanel, linel ― to be written or registered
- ի գիր արկանել, հանել, դրոշմել, արձանացուցանել, ի գրի առնել, զգրի հարկանել ― i gir arkanel, hanel, drošmel, arjanacʻucʻanel, i gri aṙnel, zgri harkanel ― to write, to write down, to registrate; to treat a subject; to circumscribe
- (often in the plural) book, volume, manuscript
- զգրով/զգրովք գալ ― zgrov/zgrovkʻ gal ― to dedicate oneself to reading
- (often in the plural) holy scripture, Bible
Declension
o-type
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singular
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plural
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գիր (gir)
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գիրք (girkʻ)
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| genitive
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գրոյ (groy)
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գրոց (grocʻ)
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| dative
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գրոյ (groy)
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գրոց (grocʻ)
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| accusative
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գիր (gir)
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գիրս (girs)
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| ablative
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գրոյ (groy)
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գրոց (grocʻ)
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| instrumental
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գրով (grov)
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գրովք (grovkʻ)
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| locative
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գիր (gir)
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գիրս (girs)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy