Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (wym /⁠wēm⁠/, rock). Akin to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬁 (vaēmā, crevice on the surface of a rock).

Noun edit

վէմ (vēm)

  1. solid stone, solid rock

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վեմ (vem)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վէմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վէմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վէմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press