երկար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian երկար (erkar).

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երկար (erkar) (superlative ամենաերկար)

  1. long
    Antonym: կարճ (karč)
  2. protracted, prolonged
  3. lengthy

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós. For the unusual sound change see երկու (erku).

Adjective[edit]

երկար (erkar)

  1. long, extended, ample; prolix; slow, tardy
    երկար, երկարս, ընդ երկարerkar, erkars, ənd erkarlong, a long while; at length

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: երկար (erkar)
  • ? Mingrelian: რიჸალი (riʾali)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երկար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երկար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “երկար”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 14
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 266
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 198–199, 204, 280–284, 772
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երկար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy