յիրեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from յ- (y-) + Proto-Indo-European *sēr-, lengthened grade of *ser- (to bind, tie, link together).[1][2][3]

Verb

յիրեմ (yirem)

  1. to join together
  2. to insert
  3. to stretch out, to hold out
  4. to fix (the eyes)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • յիրեցուցանեմ (yirecʿucʿanem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հիրել (hirel) (learned)

References

  1. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 147
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), յիրել”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 553a
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 493

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), յիրեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), յիրեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), յիրել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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