ըմպեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *(h)imp-, from Proto-Indo-European *pimb- reflecting the reduplicated present *píph₃eti with analogical nasal infix of the root *peh₃-. The verb is suppletive: part of the conjugation is filled by forms of *արբանեմ (*arbanem, to drink), from the root արբ- (arb-).

Verb

ըմպեմ (əmpem)  (aorist indicative արբի)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

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, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 277–279
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