Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Northwestern Iranian *aδ-šaw-. For the constituents see Sanskrit अति (áti, over, beyond) and Persian شدن (šodan, to go).

Verb

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արշաւեմ (aršawem)

  1. to run with an intention to attack; to raid, invade
    • 5th century, Bible, Revelation 9.9:
      Եւ ունէին զրահս իբրեւ զզրահս երկաթի․ եւ ձայն թեւոց նոցա իբրեւ զձայն կառավար ձիոց բազմաց որ արշաւեն ի պատերազմ։
      Ew unēin zrahs ibrew zzrahs erkatʻi; ew jayn tʻewocʻ nocʻa ibrew zjayn kaṙavar jiocʻ bazmacʻ or aršawen i paterazm.
      And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արշավել (aršavel)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արշաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արշաւեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 291
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արշաւեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy