բախեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Russian бабах (babax), бац (bac), English bang. The late spelling բաղխեմ (bałxem) is an emphatic formation.

Verb

բախեմ (baxem)  (aorist indicative բախեցի)

  1. (transitive) to strike, to beat; to knock (at a door); to scourge
    բախել ի քարի զոտսbaxel i kʻari zotsto strike one's foot in a stone
    բախել հողմոց զտունbaxel hołmocʻ ztunraging of the wind against the houses
    բախել զդուռն, ի դրանbaxel zduṙn, i dranto knock at the door
    բախել զկուրծսbaxel zkurcsto beat one's breast
    բախել զքնարbaxel zkʻnarto play a cithern, harp, lyre
    բախել ճառագայթից զաչսbaxel čaṙagaytʻicʻ začʻsto dazzle the eyes
    բախեալ արտասուօքbaxeal artasuōkʻburst into tears

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բախել (baxel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բախեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բախեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բախ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164