# գերի
## Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian գերի (geri).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɡeˈɾi/, [ɡeɾí]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /keˈɾi/, [kʰeɾí]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

գերի • (geri)
* captive, prisoner
    Synonym: (dialectal) եսիր (esir)

#### Derived terms

* ռազմագերի (ṙazmageri)

### Adjective

գերի • (geri)
* captive

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- (“to find”), with cognates in Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”) and Old Irish ·fúar (preterite of fo·gaib (“to find”), assuming that the original meaning of the Armenian word is "taken, seized".
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind”) +‎ -ի (-i) and cognate with Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to bind together”) (supposedly different from ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift up, raise”)), συν-ωρίς (sun-ōrís, “two-horse team”), Latvian virve, Lithuanian virvė, and Russian верёвка (verjóvka, “rope”), assuming development from an earlier meaning "bonded, bound" as in Persian بنده (bande, “servant, slave”).
Similar words are found in the languages of the Caucasus: Old Georgian გერი (geri, “stepchild”), Georgian გერება (gereba, “fending off (e.g. dogs)”), Abaza гъар (ɣar), Adyghe гъэр (ğɛr), Kabardian гъэр (ğɛr, “captive”), Abkhaz а-ӷа́р (a-ğár, “poor person”). They may be Armenian borrowings.

### Noun

գերի • (geri)
* captive, prisoner
    գերի վարիլ ― geri varil ― to be prisoner
    գերի վարել ― geri varel ― to bring captive
    գերի ունել ― geri unel ― to keep prisoner
    գերոյ տէր ― geroy tēr ― (post-classical) a person, whose relative is kept a hostage in foreign lands

#### Derived terms

* գերած (gerac)
* գերեակ (gereak)
* գերեդարձ (geredarj)
* գերեթափ (geretʻapʻ)
* գերեկ (gerek)
* գերեկից (gerekicʻ)
* գերեհան (gerehan)
* գերեմ (gerem)
* գերեվար (gerevar)
* գերէկ (gerēk)
* գերէվար (gerēvar)
* գերիչ (geričʻ)
* գերութիւն (gerutʻiwn)
* գերումն (gerumn)
* գերչութիւն (gerčʻutʻiwn)
* մարդագերի (mardageri)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: գերի (geri)
* → Udi: гери (geri)

### References

* ↑ Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 106–108
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1160
* ↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 202a
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գերի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 157–158
* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 543–544
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 439, 763
* ↑ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 126
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 602

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գերի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 210
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գերի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy