մուռ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably a rhyme-formation from լուռ (luṙ); compare լուռ-մուռ (luṙ-muṙ, “silent, silently”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European sound-symbolic *mū- and related to մունջ (munǰ).

Adjective

մուռ • (muṙ)

  1. mute, silent
    լուռ-մուռ, լուռ մուռ ― luṙ-muṙ, luṙ muṙ ― silent, silently

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: մռել (mṙel), չմռել (čʿmṙel)

References
  • 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), “մուռ”, 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 486, 487
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