See also: արմ.

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian արմ (arm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

արմ (arm)

  1. (dated) root or the lower part of the tree trunk near the root

Declension edit

References edit

  • արմ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ačaṙean, Pokorny and J̌ahukyan derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to move, to stir).[1][2][3][4] [5] J̌ahukyan reconstructs the proto-form for արմ (arm) as *or-mo- and for արմն (armn) as *ormen-, equivalent to being suffixed with (-m) and -մն (-mn) respectively.[4]

Among the cognates Ancient Greek ὄρμενος (órmenos, shoot, sprout, stem, stalk) and ὄραμνος (óramnos, branch, twig) are especially close.

Noun edit

արմ (arm)

  1. root or the lower part of the tree trunk near the root
    առ արմամբ խլելaṙ armamb xlelto eradicate
    առ արմին դնելaṙ armin dnelto place near the root

Usage notes edit

In the classical period the form արմն (armn) was used.

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: արմ (arm)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 326–327
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 326, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326 of 326, 327
  4. 4.0 4.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 123
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արմ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 93a

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy