Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *plā- (to strike, beat; to beat one's breast; to cry, weep). Cognates include Ancient Greek πλάζω (plázō), πλήσσω (plḗssō, to strike), Latin plango (strike, beat; bewail; lament for, mourn), Old High German fluohhon (German fluchen), Lithuanian plakti (to strike) and Russian плакать (plakatʹ).

Verb edit

լամ (lam)  (aorist indicative լացի)

  1. to weep, to shed tears, to cry
    լալ դառնապէսlal daṙnapēsto weep bitterly, to shed bitter tears
    լալ վայրապար, զլամ կեղծաւորիլlal vayrapar, zlam kełcaworilto have tears at command
    լալ ի ծաղուէlal i całuēto cry with laughing
    լալ զմեղս իւրlal zmełs iwrto mourn for, or bewail one's sins
    լալ զոք/ի վերայ ուրուքlal zokʻ/i veray urukʻto weep, to bewail, to deplore some one
    լալ ի լալիւնlal i laliwnto melt or burst into tears
    զլալ առնուլ, հարկանել, լինելzlal aṙnul, harkanel, linelto wail, to weep, to lament, to deplore; to be in mourning

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լալ (lal)

References edit

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