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ամ

ամ

See also: ամ- and Appendix:Variations of "am"

Armenian

Noun

ամ (am)

  1. (archaic, literary) year

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥H- (year). Cognates include Sanskrit समा (samā, season, half-year), Old Irish sam (summer). Related to ամառն (amaṙn).

Noun

ամ (am)

  1. year
    ամի ամի, ամ յամէ, ամ ըստ ամէami ami, am yamē, am əst amē ― yearly, annually, a year, every year
    յամէ եւսyamē ews ― the following year, the year after
    յառաջիկայ ամիyaṙaǰikay ami ― next year
    յանցելում ամիyancʿelum ami ― last year
    զայս ամ, յայսմ ամիzays am, yaysm ami ― this year
    զամն ողջոյնzamn ołǰoyn ― all the year
    ի վերջ կոյս ամինi verǰ koys amin ― towards the end of the year
  2. age

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ամ (am)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 45, 47