ածեմ

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”), specifically either from the thematic root present *h₂éǵ-e-ti or the zero-grade formation *h₂ǵ-es- (the question hinges on the outcome of *h₂e- in Armenian, which is disputed).

ածեմ • (acem)

1. to carry, to fetch, to bring (copiously used figuratively and idiomatically)

   ածել ընդ իւր ― acel ənd iwr ― to conduct

   ածել ի ներքս, ի մէջ ― acel i nerkʿs, i mēǰ ― to introduce

   ածել ի վերայ/ածել թափել ― acel i veray/acel tʿapʿel ― to infer

   ածել ի/վերածել ― acel i/veracel ― to reduce

   ածել ընդ քարշ ― acel ənd kʿarš ― to drag along

   ածել զբոցով ― acel zbocʿov ― to pass through flame, to enflame, to burn

   ածել զմտաւ ― acel zmtaw ― to consider, to think, to reflect

   ածել զբռամբ ― acel zbṙamb ― to seize, to lay hold of

   առանց ընդ բանս ինչ ածելոյ ― aṙancʿ ənd bans inčʿ aceloy ― without making any objection, readily

   ածել զիւրեւ՝ յինքն ― acel ziwrew, yinkʿn ― to seduce, to entice

   թեկն ածել զիրիք ― tʿekn acel zirikʿ ― to attempt; to aspire to, to pant for, to seek; to embroil; to sell off, to dispose of; to explain oneself, to pretend to be

2. to put on (clothes or accessories)

   գօտի ածել ― gōti acel ― to gird

3. to pour (a liquid)
4. to strike, to hit

   ածել ումեք սուսերաւ ― acel umekʿ suseraw ― to strike someone with a sword

5. (post-classical) to shave

   ածել զհերս ― acel zhers ― to raze hair

6. (post-classical) to grow (a plant)
7. (post-classical) to play (a musical instrument)
8. (post-classical) to lay (eggs)

   ածել զձու ― acel zju ― to lay eggs

• Armenian: ածել (acel)

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ածեմ”, 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
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “acem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 16
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy