պարտեմ

See also: պարտիմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the figurative use of պարտիմ (partim, “I owe”).

Verb

պարտեմ • (partem)  (aorist indicative պարտեցի)

  1. (transitive) to worst, to overcome, to vanquish, to conquer, to subjugate, to subdue
    պարտել զչարչարանս ― partel zčʻarčʻarans ― to suffer with fortitude, to bear up against pain or torments
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be conquered, to have the worst of it
    յապշութիւն պարտել ― yapšutʻiwn partel ― to be confounded, astounded, astonished, surprised
    պարտեցաւ պատերազմն ― partecʻaw paterazmn ― a part was subdued

Conjugation

Descendants

  • → Armenian: պարտել (partel), պարտվել (partvel) (learned)

References

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