ուտեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ōd-, from *h₁ed-. The verb is suppletive: part of the conjugation is filled by կեր- (ker-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-, whence also կեր (ker). Compare Albanian ha.

Verb

ուտեմ • (utem)

  1. to eat
    անյագաբար ուտել ― anyagabar utel ― to eat greedily, to eat up, to devour
  2. (figuratively) to run through, to squander, to eat up, to waste, to consume
    եկեր զամենայն կեանս իւր ― eker zamenayn keans iwr ― he lavished or squandered away all his fortune
  3. to eat away or up, to corrode; to fret; to consume, to devour

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • անուտ (anut)
  • անուտելի (anuteli)
  • դժուարուտելի (džuaruteli)
  • հացուտիք (hacʻutikʻ)
  • հացուտունք (hacʻutunkʻ)
  • մսուտու (msutu)
  • ուտելի (uteli)
  • ուտեստ (utest)
  • ուտիճ (utič)
  • ուտիչ (utičʻ)
  • ուտիք (utikʻ)
  • ուտճահալ (utčahal)
  • չուտելի (čʻuteli)
  • պանրուտի (panruti)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ուտել (utel)
    • Armenian: ուտել (utel)

References

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