ապսպարեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ապասպարեմ (apasparem)
  • ապըսպարեմ (apəsparem)

Etymology

The older form is ապասպարեմ (apasparem), borrowed from Iranian: compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (ʾbyspʾr- /abespār-/, to deliver up, hand over, entrust), Middle Persian ʾp̄spwltn' (abespurdan), present stem ʾp̄spʾl- (abespār-, to commit, entrust, consign), and see there for more.[1][2]

Verb

ապսպարեմ (apsparem)

  1. (transitive) to deliver up, hand over, commit, entrust, ensign

Conjugation

  • պատսպարեմ (patsparem)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ապսպրել (apsprel), ապսպուարել (apspuarel), ապսուարել (apsuarel), ապսբրել (apsbrel)

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 106
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ապսպարել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 241–242

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