քամեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From քամ (kʻam).

Verb

քամեմ • (kʻamem)  (aorist indicative քամեցի)

  1. to press, to squeeze, to extract, to wring (the liquid)
  2. to strain, to filter
    հողմով քամել ― hołmov kʻamel ― to winnow
  3. to empty, to drain
    քամել զբաժակ ― kʻamel zbažak ― to swallow up, to drain the cup
    քամել զբաժակ մինչեւ ցմրուր ― kʻamel zbažak minčʻew cʻmrur ― to drink the cup to the dregs, to swallow the pill
    քամել զամենայն մրուրս դառնութեան բաղդին ― kʻamel zamenayn mrurs daṙnutʻean bałdin ― to drain or exhaust the rigours of fate
    յինքն քամել ― yinkʻn kʻamel ― to suck, to imbibe, to draw in
  4. (figuratively) to exhaust, to drain, to use up, to empty
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Armenian: քամել (kʻamel)

Etymology 2

From քամի (kʻami).

Verb

քամեմ • (kʻamem)  (aorist indicative քամեցի)

  1. to flow (like a wind)
    արտասուք յաչաց նորա քամէին ― artasukʻ yačʻacʻ nora kʻamēin ― he wept bitterly
  2. (mediopassive) to be swollen
Conjugation

References

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