էլի

Inherited from Middle Armenian էլի (ēli), from Old Armenian այլ (ayl). Some of the senses are a semantic loan from Azerbaijani də.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /eˈli/, [elí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /eˈli/, [elí]

էլի • (ēli)

1. again
2. more

էլի • (ēli)

1. used to express hopelessness or acquiescence
2. used to express doubt or improbability, sometimes with a touch of irony
3. used to express anger, frustration, or exasperation

   հերի՛ք էղավ, էլի ― heríkʻ ēġav, ēli ― that's enough already!

   լավ էլի ― lav ēli ― come on!

4. used to express confirmation

   էդ էի ասում, էլի ― ēd ēi asum, ēli ― well, that's what I was saying

5. used to emphasize a request or exhortation

The interjection is typically placed at the end of a sentence or phrase.

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “էլի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 329-330