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ըմպեմ

ըմպեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ըմբեմ (əmbem)
  • ընբեմ (ənbem)
  • ընպեմ (ənpem)

Verb

ըմպեմ (əmpem)  (aorist indicative արբի)

  1. to drink (water, alcohol or any other liquid)
    ըմպել անյագաբարəmpel anyagabar ― to drink eagerly, greedily
    ըմպել սաստիկ յոյժəmpel sastik yoyž ― to drink hard or deep, to drink like a piper, to tipple, to tope, to be a hearty toper
    ըմպել ի կենդանութիւն թագաւորիəmpel i kendanutʿiwn tʿagawori ― to drink for the king's health
    ըմպել ի յաջողութիւն ...əmpel i yaǰołutʿiwn ... ― to drink to the success of ...
    գան ըմպելgan əmpel ― to receive a thrashing, a blow
    ապտակ ըմպելaptak əmpel ― to be struck in the face
    զջուր գնոյ ըմպելzǰur gnoy əmpel ― to obtain water by dint of money, to pay for water
    որ ըմպէ զանօրէնութիւնս հանգոյն ըմպելւոյor əmpē zanōrēnutʿiwns hangoyn əmpelwoy ― who drinks iniquity like water
    տո՛ւր ինձ ... ըմպելtúr inj ... əmpel ― give me ... to drink; pour me out some ...
  2. (post-classical) to smoke

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ըմպեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ըմպեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ումպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 276–279