Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of *մուլ- (*mul-, to grind; to rub).

Verb edit

մլմլեմ (mlmlem)

  1. (transitive) to rub
    մլմլել զերեսսmlmlel zeressto rub one's eyes and face on awaking

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “մլմլեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մլմլեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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 443