վեռ
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Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
According to Ačaṙyan, possibly a misspelling of խեռ (xeṙ) or վէս (vēs).
Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to speak”) grown with *-so-.
Adjective[edit]
վեռ • (veṙ)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- self-willed, arrogant
- Axtarkʿ :
- լինի վեռ, կամապաշտ, լեզուանի
- lini veṙ, kamapašt, lezuani
- լինի վեռ, կամապաշտ, լեզուանի
- self-willed, arrogant
Usage notes[edit]
The word is a hapax legomenon.
References[edit]
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վեռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վեռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վեռ”, 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, page 329a
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 23–24