լուռ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լուռ (luṙ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. silent, not talking
    նա լուռ էրna luṙ ērhe was silent

Adverb

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. silently
    լուռ լսելluṙ lselto listen silently

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-s-ro- or *ḱlu-s-ri-, from *ḱlews- (to hear), with a semantic development "listening, attentive" → "silent". See also լսեմ (lsem), մուռ (muṙ).

Adjective

լուռ (luṙ)

  1. mute, silent, taciturn
    լուռ բերանովluṙ beranovin silence
    լուռ հաւատքluṙ hawatkʻabsolute, blind faith
    լուռ լինել, կալluṙ linel, kalto be silent, to keep silence, to remain mute
    լուռ լինել ի թշնամութենէluṙ linel i tʻšnamutʻenēto cease from being enemies; to conceal enmity
    լուռ լինել յաստիճանէluṙ linel yastičanēto be deprived of, to be degraded, deposed
    լուռ լե՛րluṙ lérsilence! hush! hold your tongue!
    ի լուռ լե՛րi luṙ lérdo not celebrate!
    չկարէր լուռ կալčʻkarēr luṙ kalhe could not refrain from speaking
    լուռ լուռ, լուռ մուռluṙ luṙ, luṙ muṙsilently, tacitly, in silence
    զմանկունս լուռ լուռ ուսուցանելzmankuns luṙ luṙ usucʻanelto teach the children silence

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: լուռ (luṙ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 302b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 133
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 317
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 199
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy