իրեար

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *iter-iter-eh₂- +‎ -եար (-ear). Cognate with Sanskrit इतर (ítara-, another, the other).

Pronoun

իրեար (irear)

  1. (reciprocal pronoun) to each other, to one another
    չեն յիրեար նմանčʻen yirear nmanthey are not like, they do not resemble each other
    շաղկապէ զինքեանս առ իրեարšałkapē zinkʻeans aṙ irearit unites one to the other, colleagues
    ընդ իրեար անկանելənd irear ankanelto rise one against the other, to fall out, or disagree among themselves, to quarrel, to come to blows, to fight
    անդամք ընդ իրեարս պատշաճandamkʻ ənd irears patšačwell proportioned limbs
    տեսանել զերեսս իրերացtesanel zeress ireracʻto see each other
    ի վերայ իրերաց սպանանելi veray ireracʻ spananelto kill one after the other
    անգոսնել զիրերօքangosnel zirerōkʻto despise one another
    իրերօք օգնել միմեանցirerōkʻ ōgnel mimeancʻto help one another
    զիրերօք անցուցանելzirerōkʻ ancʻucʻanelto surpass, to excel, to outdo
    ատեն զիրեարս մինչ փարին զիրերօքaten zirears minčʻ pʻarin zirerōkʻthey embrace while mutually hating

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Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: իրար (irar)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իրեար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իրեար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իրեար”, 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 303