լուանամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plew- +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1] Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-, whence լոգանամ (loganam).[2]

Verb

լուանամ (luanam)

  1. (transitive) to wash, to cleanse, to bathe; to rinse
    լուանալ զերեսluanal zeresto wash the face of; to wash one's face
    լուանամ զձեռսluanam zjeṙsI wash my hands of it, I'll have nothing to do with it
    ջուրբ լուանալǰurb luanalto inundate, to wash away, to destroy by floods
    աղիւս լուանալałiws luanalto wash a blackamoor white, to lose one's labour
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to reproach, to scold
    լուանալ զոք թշնամանօքluanal zokʻ tʻšnamanōkʻto scold, to upbraid, to reprimand, to blow up
  3. (intransitive, mediopassive) to wash, to wash oneself; to bathe, to bathe oneself
  4. (intransitive, mediopassive, figuratively) to clean oneself from, to wash out a stain of dishonour

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms լուա- (lua-), լուաց- (luacʻ-), լուայ- (luay-).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: լվանալ (lvanal)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լուանամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “luanam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 316

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy