սրբեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

A denominative verb from սուրբ (surb).

Verb

սրբեմ • (srbem)

  1. to purify, to clean, to wipe off, to wipe dry, to spunge up; to absterge, to cleanse, to deterge
    սրբել զմօրուս ― srbel zmōrus ― to shave the beard
    սրբել զեղնգունս ― srbel zełnguns ― to pare the nails
    սրբել զուռս ― srbel zuṙs ― to prune, to lop
    հրով սրբել ― hrov srbel ― to refine by fire
    սրբել զցորեան ― srbel zcʻorean ― to winnow
  2. (figuratively) to expiate
  3. (ecclesiastical) to sanctify, to consecrate
  4. to offer, to dedicate (to God or a temple)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սրբել (srbel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սրբեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սրբեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուրբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 58
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “սրբեմ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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