յուրովսանն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From յուրով (yurov), instrumental of յուր (yur). The rest is modelled on իմովսանն (imovsann); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /juɾofˈsɑnn/, [juɾofsɑ́nː]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /juɾofˈsɑnn/, [ʏɾofsɑ́nː]
  • Hyphenation: յու‧րով‧սանն

Adverb

յուրովսանն • (yurovsann) (traditional orthography spelling իւրովսանն)

  1. (archaic) as much as he/she could, as much as lay in his/her power, as much as is possible for him/her, to his/her best

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իմովսանն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իւրովսանն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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