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A suffixed verb from the root զբօս- (zbōs-) +‎ -ն- (-n-). The root is also spelled զբուս- (zbus-), սբօս- (sbōs-) and սբուս- (sbus-) and is of unknown origin.

Verb edit

զբօսնում (zbōsnum)

  1. (intransitive) to divert oneself, to make merry, to relax oneself, to unbend one's mind, to take diversion, to recreate oneself
    զբօսնուլ մտաց յաղօթսzbōsnul mtacʿ yałōtʿsto be dissipated, to get heedless
  2. (intransitive) to play, to amuse oneself
  3. (intransitive) to refresh oneself

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  • Armenian: զբոսնել (zbosnel)

References edit

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