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հիւսեմ

հիւսեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հեսեմ ‎(hesem)
  • հեսում ‎(hesum)
  • հիսում ‎(hisum)
  • հիւսում ‎(hiwsum)
  • հուսեմ ‎(husem)
  • հուսկում ‎(huskum)
  • հուսում ‎(husum)
  • յուսանեմ ‎(yusanem)

Verb

հիւսեմ • ‎(hiwsem)

  1. (transitive) to weave; to plait; to braid; to twist, to enlace, to entwine, to intertwine; to knit
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to form, to devise
    հիւսել զնենգութիւն‎ ― hiwsel znengutʿiwn ― to hatch wickedness, to frame or get up a plot, to machinate, to devise
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to compose, to write

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հիւսեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հիւսեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հիւս”, 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, page 410

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sewk- ‎(“to bend, turn”) with Lithuanian sùkti ‎(“to twirl”) and Old East Slavic съкати ‎(sŭkati, “to twist, to roll”), Russian скать ‎(skatʹ, “to twist, to roll”) as cognates. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ- and cognate with Avestan [script needed] ‎(pusā-, “diadem”), Ancient Greek πυκνός ‎(puknós, “dense, solid”). See also հիւսն ‎(hiwsn), հիւս ‎(hiws) and հիւսիս ‎(hiwsis).

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