լուռ

From Old Armenian լուռ (luṙ); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [lur]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [lur]

լուռ • (luṙ)

1. silent, not talking

   նա լուռ էր ― na luṙ ēr ― he was silent

լուռ • (luṙ)

1. silently

   լուռ լսել ― luṙ lsel ― to listen silently

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-s-ro- or *ḱlu-s-ri-, from *ḱlews- (“to hear”), with a semantic development "listening, attentive" → "silent". See also լսեմ (lsem), մուռ (muṙ).

լուռ • (luṙ)

1. mute, silent, taciturn

   լուռ բերանով ― luṙ beranov ― in silence

   լուռ հաւատք ― luṙ hawatkʻ ― absolute, blind faith

   լուռ լինել, կալ ― luṙ linel, kal ― to be silent, to keep silence, to remain mute

   լուռ լինել ի թշնամութենէ ― luṙ linel i tʻšnamutʻenē ― to cease from being enemies; to conceal enmity

   լուռ լինել յաստիճանէ ― luṙ linel yastičanē ― to be deprived of, to be degraded, deposed

   լուռ լե՛ր ― luṙ lér ― silence! hush! hold your tongue!

   ի լուռ լե՛ր ― i luṙ lér ― do not celebrate!

   չկարէր լուռ կալ ― čʻkarēr luṙ kal ― he could not refrain from speaking

   լուռ լուռ, լուռ մուռ ― luṙ luṙ, luṙ muṙ ― silently, tacitly, in silence

   զմանկունս լուռ լուռ ուսուցանել ― zmankuns luṙ luṙ usucʻanel ― to teach the children silence

• Armenian: լուռ (luṙ)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 302b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 133
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 317
• 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, page 199
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy