վեռ

վեռ

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, possibly a misspelling of խեռ (xeṙ) or վէս (vēs).

Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to speak”) grown with *-so-.

Adjective

վեռ • (veṙ)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. self-willed, arrogant
      • Axtarkʿ :

        լինի վեռ, կամապաշտ, լեզուանի

        lini veṙ, kamapašt, lezuani

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon.

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վեռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վեռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վեռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 329a
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 23–24