See also: արբ

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sr̥bʰ-, zero-grade aorist of *srebʰ- (to sip, gulp, suck (in)).[1][2][3]

Root edit

արբ- (arb-)

  1. to drink
  2. to get drunk

Usage notes edit

This root serves as the aorist stem of the suppletive verb ըմպեմ (əmpem).

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արբ”, 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. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*arb-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 129