յուրովսանն

Armenian

Alternative forms

իւրովսանն (iwrovsann) (traditional orthography spelling)
իրովսանն (irovsann)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [juɾofsɑ́nː]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [juɾofsɑ́nː]
Hyphenation: յու‧րով‧սանն

Adverb

յուրովսանն • (yurovsann)

(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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