ազազեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of ազ- (az-), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(H)s-gʰ-, extended from *h₂eHs-.

Verb

ազազեմ (azazem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to fade, to tarnish, to dry
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to grow dry or lean, to fade, to wither; to dry up
    ազազեալ աղբերսazazeal ałbersdried springs

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ազազել (azazel)

References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ազազել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ազազեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “azazim”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 7
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ազազեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy