մռմռամ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An onompatopoeic formation, probably going back to Proto-Indo-European. Compare Latin murmuro.

Verb

մռմռամ (mṙmṙam)

  1. to murmur, to grumble, to mutter, to growl (of animals)
    մռմռալ ընդ միմեանսmṙmṙal ənd mimeansto fall one upon another furiously or ferociously, tooth and nail, to be cruelly and obstinately bent against one another, to be mutually enraged
    մրմռեալ ալիքmrmṙeal alikʿangry billows, surging waves

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • մռմռումն (mṙmṙumn)
  • մրմռումն (mrmṙumn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մռմռամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մռմռամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մռմռալ”, 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), “mṙmṙam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 481
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