Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• արածանեմ ‎(aracanem) (in the active sense)
• արածանիմ ‎(aracanim) (in the mediopassive sense)

Verb

արածեմ • ‎(aracem)

1. (transitive) to cause the herd to graze, to pasture
2. (figuratively, of fire) to burn down
3. (usually in the mediopassive, intransitive) to graze, to pasture, to feed

   արածել զհողմս‎ ― aracel zhołms ― to cherish vain hopes, to build castles in the air

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: արածել ‎(aracel)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aracem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 125