Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The root is *ամ- (*am-), of unknown origin, +‎ -չ- (-čʻ-)․ Also from that root: ամօթ (amōtʻ).

Verb edit

ամաչեմ (amačʻem)

  1. (intransitive) to be ashamed, to blush with shame, to be confounded

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ամաչել (amačʻel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամաչեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամաչել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press