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լույս

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian լոյս (loys).

Pronunciation

Noun

լույս (luys) (traditional orthography spelling լոյս)

  1. light
    աղոտ լույսaġot luysdull/faint light
  2. dawn, daybreak
    լույսը բացվում էluysə bacʻvum ēit is dawning
  3. (colloquial) electricity, power
    լույսերը տարանluyserə taranthey cut the power, the power is gone
    լույսերը տվեցինluyserə tvecʻinthe power is back

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

There is an alternative dative singular լուսո (luso), used in high literary style and in idioms. It is a remnant of the Old Armenian o-type declension: see լոյս (loys).

Derived terms

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