Armenian

Adverb

հեռի • ‎(heṙi)

1. (dialectal) far

Old Armenian

Etymology

From հեռ- ‎(heṙ-) +‎ -ի ‎(-i).

Adverb

հեռի • ‎(heṙi)

1. far (of time and space)

   հեռի առնել, տանել‎ ― heṙi aṙnel, tanel ― to remove far off; to scatter; to turn aside or away, to avert, to ward off

   հեռի ունել‎ ― heṙi unel ― to keep away, or at a distance

   հեռի ունել զանձն յիմեքէ‎ ― heṙi unel zanjn yimekʿē ― to keep off, to avert; to abstain, to refrain

   հեռի առնիմ, լինիմ‎ ― heṙi aṙnim, linim ― to go away or far, to leave

   Աստուած իմ, մի՛ հեռի առնիր յինէն‎ ― Astuac im, mí heṙi aṙnir yinēn ― remove not thyself, o God, from me!

Adjective

հեռի • ‎(heṙi)

1. isolated, foreign
2. distant, far off, of long duration

Preposition

հեռի • ‎(heṙi)

1. without, except

Descendants

• Armenian: հեռի ‎(heṙi)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հեռի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հեռի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հեռի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 404