Armenian

Noun

հերու • ‎(heru)

1. the last year

Declension

Adverb

հերու • ‎(heru)

1. last year, in the last year

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Sanskrit परुत् ‎(parut, “last year”), Ancient Greek πέρυσι ‎(pérusi, “last year”) and Old Norse fjǫrð ‎(“last year”).

Adverb

հերու • ‎(heru)

1. last year, in the last year

   ի հերուն հետէ‎ ― i herun hetē ― since last year; long time since, for a long time past, long ago, long since

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: հերու ‎(heru)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հերու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հերու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հերու”, 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 406