Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The older form is ատեամ (ateam), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (to hate).[1][2][3][4] The ա- (a-) instead of ո- (o-) is unexpected.

Verb edit

ատեմ (atem)

  1. (transitive) to hate, to abhor, to detest
  2. (transitive) to become tired of, to take a dislike to

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ատել (atel)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ատել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 8
  4. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017), “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 424

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ատեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ատեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy