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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)
- 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
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