հորսայս

հորսայս

Armenian

Alternative forms

• յորսայս (yorsays) (traditional orthography spelling)

Etymology

From Old Armenian յորսայս (yorsays).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [hɔɾˈsɑjs]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [hɔɾˈsɑjs]
• Hyphenation: հոր‧սայս

Adverb

հորսայս • (horsays)

1. (archaic) lying on one's back

   հորսայս ընկնել՝ լինել ― horsays ənknel, linel ― to lie on one's back

2. (archaic, figuratively) idly, negligently, neglectfully

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “հորսայս”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan