how far?.
the thirty second letter of the alphabet, & the twenty sixth of the consonants;
five thousand, five thousandth;
It is sometimes confounded with ռ, as : մրմռամ — մռմռամ, ձմեռն — ձմերան. Also with the լ & ղ letters, as : բելիար — պէլիալ. And also with the յ : աներկբար — աներկբայ;
It is sometimes redundant in words, for example : բարժանեմ — բաժանեմ;
There are but few words which commence with this letter, & those are either abbreviations or foreign words, it is rather used as a medial final.
place, spot, space, extent, part, ground;
field, plain, camp, country;
անհուն —ք, immense, vast spaces;
յայսմ —ի, here, in this place;
now;
յայնմ —ի, there, in that same or very place;
then;
մինչեւ ցայս —, thus far, to this place;
until now;
յոր —, in which place, wherever;
— մի, առ — մի, a short time, a moment, an instant, a little;
ընդ —, in vain, vainly;
ի —, below, under, beneath;
cf. Զէն;
cf. Վեր;
յայլում —ի, somewhere else, in another place;
ի վերուստ մինչեւ ի —, from top to bottom;
from head to foot;
գազանք —ի, wild beasts;
մեղր ի —է, wild honey;
ի —ի բնակել, to live in the open air, in camp;
—ս հատանել, to go along way;
զ—օք գալ, to go around, round about, to go here and there;
զ—օք ածել զաչս, to look round about;
ի մի — գալ, to assemble, to resort to one place;
ընդ — հարկանել, to abandon, to forsake, to cast off, to desert;
ի — հարկանել, արկանել, to disparage, to sneer at, to defame, to slander;
ի — շարժել, to beat down, to overthrow;
զաչս ի — արկեալ, looking down, with one's eyes cast or bent down;
ցո՞ր — նեղութեանց հասի ես, to what trouble have I brought myself!
ընդ վայր, in vain, uselessly;
ցայդ վայր, so far, as far as that, to that place, there;
ցոր վայր, where, whither;
ցո՞ր վայր, how far ?.
why ? for what reason or cause ? յէ՞ր վերայ, on what ? on which?
why ? for what reason ? wherefore ? — ոչ ? why not?
in vain, uselessly;
— հարկանել, to throw away, to abandon, to despise;
— յածիլ, to run here and there, to rove, to wander;
— խօսել, to talk in vain right or wrong, at random;
— պայթարումն, idle dispute.
where, whither;
ցո՞ր վայր, how far ?
so far, as far as that, to that place, there.
cf. Ցայնժամ.
here, to this place;
down to there.
why ?.
down-hill, slope, declivity, descent, brow, hill;
sloping, inclining, down-hill.