գովեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *gáwbati.

Verb

գովեմ (govem)

  1. (transitive) to praise
    գովել կարի իմն/յանչափսgovel kari imn/yančʻapʻsto extol, to commend excessively
    գովել զանձնgovel zanjnto glory, to boast
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to boast

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Descendants

  • Armenian: գովել (govel)

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գովեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գովեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 226
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press