Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Verb edit

դիեմ (diem)

  1. to suck, to drink mother’s milk
  2. (rare) to suckle, to nourish with milk, to give suck

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դիել (diel) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դիել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 239