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գոմ
գոմ
Armenian
Noun
գոմ • (gom)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գոմ (gom) | գոմեր (gomer) | ||
| dative | գոմի (gomi) | գոմերի (gomeri) | ||
| ablative | գոմից (gomicʿ) | գոմերից (gomericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | գոմով (gomov) | գոմերով (gomerov) | ||
| locative | գոմում (gomum) | գոմերում (gomerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գոմը/գոմն (gomə/gomn) | գոմերը/գոմերն (gomerə/gomern) | ||
| dative | գոմին (gomin) | գոմերին (gomerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գոմս (goms) | գոմերս (gomers) | ||
| dative | գոմիս (gomis) | գոմերիս (gomeris) | ||
| ablative | գոմիցս (gomicʿs) | գոմերիցս (gomericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | գոմովս (gomovs) | գոմերովս (gomerovs) | ||
| locative | գոմումս (gomums) | գոմերումս (gomerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գոմդ (gomd) | գոմերդ (gomerd) | ||
| dative | գոմիդ (gomid) | գոմերիդ (gomerid) | ||
| ablative | գոմիցդ (gomicʿd) | գոմերիցդ (gomericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | գոմովդ (gomovd) | գոմերովդ (gomerovd) | ||
| locative | գոմումդ (gomumd) | գոմերումդ (gomerumd) | ||
Usage notes
In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʿarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.
Derived terms
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Old Armenian
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, surviving also in Danish gamme (“sheepfold, shed”), dialectal Swedish gamme (“crib, manger”), Norwegian gamme (“turf hut”), Old Norse gammi (“hut of a Finn”), Swiss German Gämmeli. Or possibly a European substrate word.
Noun
գոմ • (gom)
- fold/stall for sheep or cattle
Declension
o-type
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գոմ (gom) | գոմք (gomkʿ) | |
| genitive | գոմի (gomi) | գոմաց (gomacʿ) | |
| dative | գոմի (gomi) | գոմաց (gomacʿ) | |
| accusative | գոմ (gom) | գոմս (goms) | |
| ablative | գոմէ (gomē) | գոմաց (gomacʿ) | |
| instrumental | գոմաւ (gomaw) | գոմաւք = գոմօք (gomawkʿ = gomōkʿ) | |
| locative | գոմի (gomi) | գոմս (goms) |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Armenian: գոմ (gom)
- Azeri: قوْم (qom)
- Georgian: გომი (gomi), გომური (gomuri)
- Bats: გომურ (gomur)
- Kurdish: گوم (gom)
- Persian: گمارا (gomârâ)
- Turkish: köm
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 224
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
Etymology 2
From the same source as գոյ (goy).
Verb
գոմ • (gom)
- to be, to exist, to subsist
- գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʿē, gucʿē erbēkʿ, gucʿē tʿē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
- մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʿē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not
Conjugation
active
| infinitive | գոլ (gol) | participle | — (—) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| causative | — | aorist stem | - (-) | ||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | գոմ (gom) | գոս (gos) | գոյ (goy) | գոմք (gomkʿ) | գոյք (goykʿ) | գոն (gon) | |
| imperfect | — (—) | — (—) | գոյր (goyr) | — (—) | — (—) | գոյին (goyin) | |
| aorist | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | |
| subjunctive | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | — (—) | — (—) | գուցէ (gucʿē) | — (—) | — (—) | գուցեն (gucʿen) | |
| aorist | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) | |
| imperatives | — | (դու) | — | — | (դուք) | — | |
| imperative | — | — (—) | — | — | — | — | |
| cohortative | — | — (—) | — | — | — (—) | — | |
| prohibitive | — | — (—) | — | — | — (—) | — | |
| only գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʿē) are from the classical period the verb is defective this is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian | |||||||
Synonyms
Descendants
- Armenian: գուցե (gucʿe), միգուցե (migucʿe)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935