Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Noun edit

եղեամն (ełeamn)

  1. hoar frost, rime, frost
    իջանել եղեմանiǰanel ełemanto drizzle

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: եղյամ (eġyam)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղեամն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղեամն”, 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) “եղեամն”, 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 252