Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From ողբ (ołb).

Verb

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ողբամ (ołbam)

  1. to lament, to bewail, to groan, to complain, to weep, to deplore
    ողբամ զքեզ Հայոց աշխարհ, ողբամ զքեզ հանուրց հիւսիսականաց վեհագոյնołbam zkʻez Hayocʻ ašxarh, ołbam zkʻez hanurcʻ hiwsisakanacʻ vehagoynI mourn for you, Armenia! I mourn for you, oh chief among the nations of the North!
  2. to wear mourning

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ողբալ (oġbal)

References

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