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Old Armenian
Etymology
From սերիմ (serim) + -մն (-mn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, increase”).
Noun
սերմն • (sermn)
- seed, grain; berry; corn, pulse, etc.
- սերմն արութեան ― sermn arutʻean ― sperm
- ելանել արութիւն սերման ― elanel arutʻiwn serman ― to be afflicted with gonorrhea
- սերմն ձկանց ― sermn jkancʻ ― spawn
- սերմն շաղգամի ― sermn šałgami ― rapeseed
- սերմն առնուլ կնոջ ― sermn aṙnul knoǰ ― to conceive
- ի սերմն տալ զցորեան ― i sermn tal zcʻorean ― to sow corn
- (figuratively) progeny, race, descendants
- germ, bud, seeds
- cause, principle
- (botany) cotyledon
Usage notes
The word has three combining forms: the oldest սերման- (serman-), middle սերմն- (sermn-), the latest սերմ- (serm-).
Declension
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Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սերմն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սերմն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սերմն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy