սերտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian սերտ (sert).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

սերտ (sert) (superlative ամենասերտ)

  1. close, intimate
  2. solid, firm; tight

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

սերտ (sert)

  1. closely, intimately

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-d-, from *ḱer- (to grow, nourish).[2][3]

Adjective[edit]

սերտ (sert)

  1. solid, firm, hard, compact, constant, stable, strong
  2. (figurative) true, sincere, close, intimate, cordial
    սերտ առաքինութիւնsert aṙakʻinutʻiwnsolid virtue
    սերտ սիրովsert sirovtenderly, affectionately, cordially

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

սերտ (sert)

  1. firmly, constantly
  2. voluntarily, willingly
  3. sincerely, intimately, closely
    սերտ սիրելsert sirelto love sincerely, with all one's heart, passionately
    սերտ աղօթելsert ałōtʻelto pray intensely, warmly, earnestly, eagerly

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սերտ (sert)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սերտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 206–207
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 132
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սերտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 677ab

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սերտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “սերտ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սերտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy