ամամ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *am- (“to fill”); cognate with Sanskrit अमत (ámatra, “a large drinking vessel”), Ancient Greek ἀμίς (amís, “chamber-pot”), ἄμη (ámē, “water-bucket”).[1][2]

Verb

ամամ • (amam)

  1. (transitive) to fill; to put in a vessel or bag, to bag
  2. (transitive) to pour out, to empty, to discharge
    ամալ ծարիր յաչս ― amal carir yačʻs ― to colour the eyes with prepared antimony
  3. (transitive) to cast forth or emit
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be emptied

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ամայի (amayi)
  • աման (aman)
  • ամացուցանեմ (amacʻucʻanem)
  • ծովամաց (covamacʻ)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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