վայրկեան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From վայրիկ (vayrik, short period of time) + -եան (-ean).

Noun

վայրկեան • (vayrkean)

  1. minute; moment, instant, point
    վայրկեան մի, վայրկենի միvayrkean mi, vayrkeni mia moment, a little time
    ի վայրկեան ժամանակի, ի միում վայրկենիi vayrkean žamanaki, i mium vayrkeniin a moment, at that moment, instantly; directly, incontinently, instantaneously

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: վայրկյան (vayrkyan)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վայրկեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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