Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դիմադրեմ (dimadrem). By surface analysis, դեմ (dem) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ դնել (dnel); compare French faire face, tenir tête.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

դիմադրել (dimadrel)

  1. to resist

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Further reading edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “դիմադրել”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan