ածեմ

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”), specifically either from the thematic root present *h₂éǵ-e-ti or the zero-grade formation *h₂ǵ-es- (the question hinges on the outcome of *h₂e- in Armenian, which is disputed).

ածեմ • (acem)

1. to carry, to fetch, to bring (copiously used figuratively and idiomatically)

   ածել ընդ իւր ― acel ənd iwr ― to conduct

   ածել ի ներքս, ի մէջ ― acel i nerkʻs, i mēǰ ― to introduce

   ածել ի վերայ/ածել թափել ― acel i veray/acel tʻapʻel ― to infer

   ածել ի/վերածել ― acel i/veracel ― to reduce

   ածել ընդ քարշ ― acel ənd kʻarš ― to drag along

   ածել զբոցով ― acel zbocʻov ― to pass through flame, to enflame, to burn

   ածել զմտաւ ― acel zmtaw ― to consider, to think, to reflect

   ածել զբռամբ ― acel zbṙamb ― to seize, to lay hold of

   առանց ընդ բանս ինչ ածելոյ ― aṙancʻ ənd bans inčʻ aceloy ― without making any objection, readily

   ածել զիւրեւ՝ յինքն ― acel ziwrew, yinkʻn ― to seduce, to entice

   թեկն ածել զիրիք ― tʻekn acel zirikʻ ― to attempt; to aspire to, to pant for, to seek; to embroil; to sell off, to dispose of; to explain oneself, to pretend to be

2. to put on (clothes or accessories)

   գօտի ածել ― gōti acel ― to gird

3. to pour (a liquid)
4. to strike, to hit

   ածել ումեք սուսերաւ ― acel umekʻ suseraw ― to strike someone with a sword

5. (post-Classical) to shave

   ածել զհերս ― acel zhers ― to raze hair

6. (post-Classical) to grow (a plant)
7. (post-Classical) to play (a musical instrument)
8. (post-Classical) to lay (eggs)

   ածել զձու ― acel zju ― to lay eggs

• Armenian: ածել (acel)

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ածեմ”, 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) “ածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “acem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 16
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy