գոմ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡom/, [ɡom]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kom/, [kʰom]

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

1. cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʻarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	գոմ (gom)	գոմեր (gomer)
dative	գոմի (gomi)	գոմերի (gomeri)
ablative	գոմից (gomicʻ)	գոմերից (gomericʻ)
instrumental	գոմով (gomov)	գոմերով (gomerov)
locative	գոմում (gomum)	գոմերում (gomerum)
	definite forms
nominative	գոմը/գոմն (gomə/gomn)	գոմերը/գոմերն (gomerə/gomern)
dative	գոմին (gomin)	գոմերին (gomerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	գոմս (goms)	գոմերս (gomers)
dative	գոմիս (gomis)	գոմերիս (gomeris)
ablative	գոմիցս (gomicʻs)	գոմերիցս (gomericʻs)
instrumental	գոմովս (gomovs)	գոմերովս (gomerovs)
locative	գոմումս (gomums)	գոմերումս (gomerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	գոմդ (gomd)	գոմերդ (gomerd)
dative	գոմիդ (gomid)	գոմերիդ (gomerid)
ablative	գոմիցդ (gomicʻd)	գոմերիցդ (gomericʻd)
instrumental	գոմովդ (gomovd)	գոմերովդ (gomerovd)
locative	գոմումդ (gomumd)	գոմերումդ (gomerumd)

Derived terms

• գոմաղբ (gomaġb)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kom
• → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
• → Turkish: köm, kom (Eastern regions)

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Related to Georgian გომი (gomi), Persian گمارا (gomârâ).

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

1. fold or stall for sheep or cattle

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	գոմ (gom)		գոմք (gomkʻ)
genitive	գոմոյ (gomoy)		գոմոց (gomocʻ)
dative	գոմոյ (gomoy)		գոմոց (gomocʻ)
accusative	գոմ (gom)		գոմս (goms)
ablative	գոմոյ (gomoy)		գոմոց (gomocʻ)
instrumental	գոմով (gomov)		գոմովք (gomovkʻ)
locative	գոմ (gom)		գոմս (goms)

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	գոմ (gom)		գոմք (gomkʻ)
genitive	գոմի (gomi)		գոմաց (gomacʻ)
dative	գոմի (gomi)		գոմաց (gomacʻ)
accusative	գոմ (gom)		գոմս (goms)
ablative	գոմէ (gomē)		գոմաց (gomacʻ)
instrumental	գոմաւ (gomaw)		գոմաւք = գոմօք (gomawkʻ = gomōkʻ)
locative	գոմի (gomi)		գոմս (goms)

Derived terms

• գոմամուտ (gomamut)

Descendants

• Armenian: գոմ (gom)
  • → Azerbaijani: kom
  • → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
  • → Turkish: köm, kom (Eastern regions)

References

More information

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմ”, 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 574–575, follows Lidén
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 224
• Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 14–16, derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, supposedly surviving also in Danish gamme (“sheepfold, shed”), dialectal Northern Sami gamme (“crib, manger”), Norwegian gamme (“turf hut”), Old Norse gammi (“hut of a Finn”), Alemannic German Gämmeli
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 86
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

Verb

գոմ • (gom)

1. to be, to exist, to subsist

   գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʻē, gucʻē erbēkʻ, gucʻē tʻē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest

   մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʻē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not

Usage notes

• Only the inflected forms գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʻē) are from the classical period.
• The verb is defective.
• This is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian.

Conjugation

active

infinitive		գոլ (gol)		participle	—
causative		—		aorist stem	-
person		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ես	դու	նա	մեք	դուք	նոքա
	present	գոմ (gom)	գոս (gos)	գոյ (goy)	գոմք (gomkʻ)	գոյք (goykʻ)	գոն (gon)
	imperfect	—	—	գոյր (goyr)	—	—	գոյին (goyin)
	aorist	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive		ես	դու	նա	մեք	դուք	նոքա
	present	—	—	գուցէ (gucʻē)	—	—	գուցեն (gucʻen)
	aorist	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperatives		—	(դու)	—	—	(դուք)	—
	imperative	—	—	—	—	—	—
	cohortative	—	—	—	—	—	—
	prohibitive	—	—	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

• լինիմ (linim), եղանիմ (ełanim)

Derived terms

• ներգոմ (nergom)

Descendants

• Armenian: գուցե (gucʻe), միգուցե (migucʻe)

References

More information

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոյ”, 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) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուցէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուցէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy