լուրջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լուրջ (lurǰ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

լուրջ (lurǰ) (superlative ամենալուրջ)

  1. serious
  2. (rare) blue

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

լուրջ (lurǰ)

  1. seriously

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱluH-r-yo- ~ *ḱluH-r-yeh₂- (light, bright, clear, clean, joyful). Cognates include Latin cluo (I clean), Welsh clir (light, bright, clear, clean, joyful), Lithuanian šlúoti (to wipe), Ancient Greek κλύζω (klúzō), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs, pure, clean). See also the by-form լուրթ (lurtʿ).

Adjective

լուրջ (lurǰ)

  1. *light, *shiny (this sense is unattested, but is apparent from compounds)
  2. light blue; blue
  3. cheerful, awake, sober, bright-minded
    ի լրջեաց, ի լրջուց, ի լրջէi lrǰeacʿ, i lrǰucʿ, i lrǰēin a waking state
  4. serious
    լուրջ երեսօքlurǰ eresōkʿseriously
    ի բարբառ լուրջi barbaṙ lurǰwith a serious voice

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լուրջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լուրջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լուրջ”, 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, Boston: Brill, page 322
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