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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sr̥bʰ-, zero-grade aorist of *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”).[1][2][3]
Root
արբ- • (arb-)
- to drink
- to get drunk
Usage notes
This root serves as the aorist stem of the suppletive verb ըմպեմ (əmpem).
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*arb-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 129