արածեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *treh₂ǵ- with a prothetic ա- (a-) and cognate with Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “chew, eat”), τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).[1][2][3] Related to արօտ (arōt).

Verb

արածեմ • (aracem)

  1. (transitive) to cause the herd to graze, to pasture
  2. (figuratively, of fire) to burn down
  3. (usually mediopassive, intransitive) to graze, to pasture, to feed
    արածել զհողմս ― aracel zhołms ― to cherish vain hopes, to build castles in the air

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • այծարած (aycarac)
  • արած (arac)
  • արածնացաւ (aracnacʻaw)
  • դիւարած (diwarac)
  • եզարած (ezarac)
  • խաշնարած (xašnarac)
  • խոզարած (xozarac)
  • հօտարած (hōtarac)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արածել (aracel)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aracem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 125

Further reading

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