Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

The original spelling is յաւսեմ (yawsem). From an Iranian language; compare Pashto غوول (γowəl, to copulate).

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Verb edit

յօսեմ (yōsem)  (aorist indicative յօսեցի)

  1. (transitive) to fornicate, to commit fornication
    յօսել ի բոզսyōsel i bozsto whore, to be a whoremonger
  2. (transitive) to violate, to force, to deflower
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 2 edit

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Verb edit

յօսեմ (yōsem)  (aorist indicative յօսեցի)

  1. Alternative form of հիւսեմ (hiwsem)
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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յօսեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յօսեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յօսնել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175