LingoflyԴիմացիր
- Դիմացիրtimatsirhang in there
“Դիմացիր” (timatsir) — hang in there in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The command form of դիմանալ, to hold out. To several people: դիմացէք. There is no literal 'hold on to something' here — Armenian says 'endure'. In a live sentence: “Դիմացիր, ամէն ինչ պիտի անցնի” (timatsir, amen inch bidi antsni) — Hang in there, everything will pass. Written with the characters Դ, ի, մ, ա, ց, ի, ր. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դիմացիր (timatsir) |
| Read in Latin letters | timatsir |
| Translation | hang in there |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The command form of դիմանալ, to hold out. To several people: դիմացէք. There is no literal 'hold on to something' here — Armenian says 'endure'
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “hang in there” in Western Armenian?
«Դիմացիր» (timatsir), read “timatsir”. In a live sentence: “Դիմացիր, ամէն ինչ պիտի անցնի” (timatsir, amen inch bidi antsni) — Hang in there, everything will pass. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Դ, ի, մ, ա, ց, ի, ր.
How is “Դիմացիր” (timatsir) written in Latin letters?
timatsir. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The command form of դիմանալ, to hold out. To several people: դիմացէք. There is no literal 'hold on to something' here — Armenian says 'endure'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.