յամեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root յամ- (yam-).

Verb

յամեմ (yamem)  (aorist indicative յամեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to delay, to retard, to defer, to remain, to procrastinate
    յամել ի հաղորդութէնէyamel i hałordutʻēnēnot to receive often the Holy Sacrament
  2. (intransitive) to tarry, to stay, to dally, to loiter, to lag, to while
    յամել ի գինւոջyamel i ginwoǰto continue drinking; to remain long over one's cup
  3. (intransitive) to wait, to be patient
  4. (transitive) to retard, to defer, to delay, to put off, to procrastinate
    տէր իմ յամէ զգալtēr im yamē zgalmy lord delayeth his coming

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: համել (hamel), համենալ (hamenal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յամեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy