գրաբար

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From գիր (gir, writing) +‎ -աբար (-abar, adverbial suffix), as opposed to աշխարհաբար (ašxarhabar), the vernacular language. The formerly common misconstruction գրաբառ (grabaṙ) is due to the influence of բառ (baṙ, word).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գրաբար (grabar)

  1. Old Armenian, Grabar (language)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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գրաբար (grabar)

  1. in Old Armenian

Adjective

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գրաբար (grabar)

  1. Old Armenian (of or pertaining to the language)

Declension

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Usage notes

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In this word alone the suffix -աբար (-abar) is pronounced as [ɑˈpʰɑɾ] in Standard Eastern Armenian instead of the expected [ɑˈbɑɾ].[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Asatryan, M. E. (1976) “Arewelahay grakan lezvi jayneġ paytʻakan baġajayneri artasanutʻyunə [On the pronunciation of voiced consonants in Standard Eastern Armenian]”, in Banber Erewani hamalsarani [“Banber” – Bulletin of Yerevan University] (in Armenian), volume 29, number 2, page 41 of 32–47