եղար

Armenian

Pronunciation
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Verb

եղար • (eġar)

  1. second-person singular past perfect indicative of լինել (linel)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Օf uncertain origin. Possibly connected with եղեռն (ełeṙn). Post-classically the root became *եղեր (ełer), hence the derived terms.

Noun

եղար • (ełar)

  1. complaint, lamentation
  2. tragedy

Derived terms
  • եղարամայր (ełaramayr)
  • եղերական (ełerakan)
  • եղերամայր (ełeramayr)
  • եղերերգութիւն (ełerergutʻiwn)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղար”, 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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