քամեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From քամ (kʻam).

Verb

քամեմ (kʻamem)  (aorist indicative քամեցի)

  1. to press, to squeeze, to extract, to wring (the liquid)
  2. to strain, to filter
    հողմով քամելhołmov kʻamelto winnow
  3. to empty, to drain
    քամել զբաժակkʻamel zbažakto swallow up, to drain the cup
    քամել զբաժակ մինչեւ ցմրուրkʻamel zbažak minčʻew cʻmrurto drink the cup to the dregs, to swallow the pill
    քամել զամենայն մրուրս դառնութեան բաղդինkʻamel zamenayn mrurs daṙnutʻean bałdinto drain or exhaust the rigours of fate
    յինքն քամելyinkʻn kʻamelto suck, to imbibe, to draw in
  4. (figuratively) to exhaust, to drain, to use up, to empty
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Armenian: քամել (kʻamel)

Etymology 2

From քամի (kʻami).

Verb

քամեմ (kʻamem)  (aorist indicative քամեցի)

  1. to flow (like a wind)
    արտասուք յաչաց նորա քամէինartasukʻ yačʻacʻ nora kʻamēinhe wept bitterly
  2. (mediopassive) to be swollen
Conjugation

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քամեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy