լինում է, չի լինում

Armenian

Etymology

CCompare the similar semantics of Azerbaijani biri var idi, biri yox idi, Turkish bir varmış, bir yokmuş, Persian یکی بود یکی نبود (yeki bud yeki nabud, “once upon a time/there was, there was not”), Georgian იყო და არა იყო რა (iq̇o da ara iq̇o ra, “once upon a time/there was, there was not”).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /liˈnum e t͡ʃʰi liˈnum/ [linúm e t͡ʃʰi linúm]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /liˈnum e t͡ʃi liˈnum/ [linúm e t͡ʃʰi linúm]

Phrase

լինում է, չի լինում • (linum ē, čʻi linum)

  1. (used at the beginnings of fairytales) Once upon a time. Literally, “there was, there was not…”.

Synonyms

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