Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (to drive), specifically either from the thematic root present *h₂éǵ-e-ti or the zero-grade formation *h₂ǵ-es- (the question hinges on the outcome of *h₂e- in Armenian, which is disputed).

Verb edit

ածեմ (acem)

  1. to carry, to fetch, to bring (copiously used figuratively and idiomatically)
    ածել ընդ իւրacel ənd iwrto conduct
    ածել ի ներքս, ի մէջacel i nerkʿs, i mēǰto introduce
    ածել ի վերայ/ածել թափելacel i veray/acel tʿapʿelto infer
    ածել ի/վերածելacel i/veracelto reduce
    ածել ընդ քարշacel ənd kʿaršto drag along
    ածել զբոցովacel zbocʿovto pass through flame, to enflame, to burn
    ածել զմտաւacel zmtawto consider, to think, to reflect
    ածել զբռամբacel zbṙambto seize, to lay hold of
    առանց ընդ բանս ինչ ածելոյaṙancʿ ənd bans inčʿ aceloywithout making any objection, readily
    ածել զիւրեւ՝ յինքնacel ziwrew, yinkʿnto seduce, to entice
    թեկն ածել զիրիքtʿekn acel zirikʿto attempt; to aspire to, to pant for, to seek; to embroil; to sell off, to dispose of; to explain oneself, to pretend to be
  2. to put on (clothes or accessories)
    գօտի ածելgōti acelto gird
  3. to pour (a liquid)
  4. to strike, to hit
    ածել ումեք սուսերաւacel umekʿ suserawto strike someone with a sword
  5. (post-Classical) to shave
    ածել զհերսacel zhersto raze hair
  6. (post-Classical) to grow (a plant)
  7. (post-Classical) to play (a musical instrument)
  8. (post-Classical) to lay (eggs)
    ածել զձուacel zjuto lay eggs

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ածել (acel)

References edit

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ածեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “acem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 16
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy