լուռ

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

• 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 *ḱlusr-, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). The word originally meant “one who listens”. See also լսեմ (lsem), մուռ (muṙ).

լուռ • (luṙ)

1. mute, silent, taciturn

   լուռ բերանով ― luṙ beranov ― in silence

   լուռ հաւատք ― luṙ hawatkʿ ― 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 tʿšnamutʿenē ― 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 ― čʿkarēr 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 usucʿanel ― to teach the children silence

• Armenian: լուռ (luṙ)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լսել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 317