որսամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From որս (ors).

Verb

որսամ • (orsam)

  1. to chase, to hunt, to go a hunting or shooting, to shoot
    որսալ հաւս ― orsal haws ― to fowl
    ձուկն որսալ ― jukn orsal ― to fish
    աղուէս որսալ ― ałuēs orsal ― to hunt a fox
    որսալ զյաջողութիւն աւուրց ― orsal zyaǰołutʻiwn awurcʻ ― to watch the propitious moment or favourable occasion
    որսալ փառս կամ պատիւս ― orsal pʻaṙs kam patiws ― to go in search of honour or glory
  2. (figuratively) to try or endeavour to win or to seduce, to wrap up or involve in snares, to surprise, to entrap
    որսալ զհոգիս ― orsal zhogis ― to prey upon souls
    որսալ զոք ― orsal zokʻ ― to catch or entrap a person, to insnare; (figuratively) to captivate, to win; to entice, to attract, to allure, to flatter
    որսալ զսիրտ ուրուք ― orsal zsirt urukʻ ― to gain a person's heart
    որսալ զոք բանիւ ― orsal zokʻ baniw ― to win a person with fair speech
    որսալ ինչ բանս ի բերանոյ ուրուք ― orsal inčʻ bans i beranoy urukʻ ― to entangle a person in his own words

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Armenian: որսալ (orsal)

References

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