հեռի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հեռի (heṙi).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /heˈri/, [herí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /heˈɾi/, [heɾí]
• Hyphenation: հե‧ռի

Adverb

հեռի • (heṙi)

1. (dialectal) far

Old Armenian

Etymology

From հեռ- (heṙ-) +‎ -ի (-i).

Adverb

հեռի • (heṙi)

1. far (of time and space)

   հեռի առնել, տանել ― heṙi aṙnel, tanel ― to remove far off; to scatter; to turn aside or away, to avert, to ward off

   հեռի ունել ― heṙi unel ― to keep away, or at a distance

   հեռի ունել զանձն յիմեքէ ― heṙi unel zanjn yimekʻē ― to keep off, to avert; to abstain, to refrain

   հեռի առնիմ, լինիմ ― heṙi aṙnim, linim ― to go away or far, to leave

   Աստուած իմ, մի՛ հեռի առնիր յինէն ― Astuac im, mí heṙi aṙnir yinēn ― remove not thyself, o God, from me!

Adjective

հեռի • (heṙi)

1. isolated, foreign
2. distant, far off, of long duration

Preposition

հեռի • (heṙi)

1. without, except

Descendants

• Armenian: հեռի (heṙi)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեռի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեռի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեռի”, 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 and Boston: Brill, page 404