Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Related to պակ-ն-ում (pak-n-um) and Northern Kurdish pax (fear), and probably to վախեմ (vaxem). The immediate and ultimate origins are uncertain.

Verb

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պախիմ (paxim)

  1. (intransitive) to be frightened at, struck with consternation

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 5–6
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պախիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bugge, Sophus (1889) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (in German), No. 4, Christiania, pages 33–34
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պախիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy