Armenian

Adjective

գեր • ‎(ger) ‎(traditional orthography spelling գէր, superlative ամենագեր)

1. fat, plump, fleshy (of a person or animal)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “to raise, to raise up”).

Preposition

գեր • ‎(ger)

1. (usually with the accusative) above, higher, over, more than

   գեր ի վերոյ‎ ― ger i veroy ― supreme, superior, excellent, sublime, pre-eminent, higher

   գեր քան‎ ― ger kʿan ― over, upon, above, beyond

   գեր լինել‎ ― ger linel ― to be above, to excel, to surpass, to surmount

2. (as a prefix) hyper-, super- translating Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‎(hupér)

   գերագոյն‎ ― geragoyn ― ὑπέρτερος

   գերադրական‎ ― geradrakan ― ὑπερθετικός

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: գեր- ‎(ger-)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

գեր • ‎(ger)

1. weeping, wailing

   գեր գործել‎ ― ger gorcel ― to weep

Adjective

գեր • ‎(ger)

1. woeful, lamentable

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գեր”, 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 207
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “գեր”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press