օծանեմ

• աւծանեմ (awcanem), օծեմ (ōcem)

The original spelling is աւծանեմ (awcanem), from Proto-Armenian *auǵ-, from *Hnʷg- (with regular palatalization of the velar after *u/w as in աւձ (awj)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥gʷ- (with a metathesis of *w as in ածուխ (acux)), from the zero-grade of *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

օծանեմ • (ōcanem)

1. (transitive) to anoint

   օծանել զանձն իւղով անուշիւ ― ōcanel zanjn iwłov anušiw ― to pomade, to perfume one's person

   օծանել զերեսս անոյշ իւղով ― ōcanel zeress anoyš iwłov ― to anoint one's face with precious ointment

   • 5th century, Łazar Pʻarpecʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ  :^[1][2]

     Չօծան իւղով, չյարմարեցին սանտրով զհեր գլխոյ իւրեանց

     Čʻōcan iwłov, čʻyarmarecʻin santrov zher glxoy iwreancʻ

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       They did not anoint themselves with perfume, they did not arrange the hair of their heads with combs.

2. (transitive) to consecrate
3. (transitive) to cover with thin layer of a noble metal

   օծանել ոսկւով ― ōcanel oskwov ― to gild

   օծանել արծաթով ― ōcanel arcatʻov ― to silver

• Armenian: օծել (ōcel), օծյալ (ōcyal)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awcanem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 152