մալեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml(h₂)-e- or *ml(h₂)-eye-, from *melh₂- (to grind).

Verb

մալեմ (malem)

  1. (transitive) to grind, to crush, to break, to break to pieces; to chew
  2. (transitive) to castrate
    մալեալmalealcastrated; eunuch

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մալեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մալեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մալ”, 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, page 443
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