-եմ

See also: եմ and ԵՄ

Old Armenian

Etymology

A "kind of a scrap-heap" of several Proto-Indo-European formations, including old thematic presents like բերեմ (berem, “I carry”) ← *bʰér-e-ti; ye-presents like ջնջեմ (ǰnǰem, “I wipe, destroy”) ← *gʷʰén-ye-ti (see *-yeti); causative-iteratives as գործեմ (gorcem, “I work”) ← *worǵ-éye-ti (see *-éyeti). Synchronically analyzable as stem vowel -ե- (-e-) + -մ (-m).

Suffix

-եմ • (-em)

  1. first-person singular present active indicative ending of e-conjugation verbs
    գրեմ ― grem ― I write
    բերեմ ― berem ― I carry
    ջնջեմ ― ǰnǰem ― I wipe, destroy

See also

References
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
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