ոռնամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *որունամ (*orunam), from *որուն- (*orun-), from *րուն- (*run-), from *րու- (*ru-), from Proto-Indo-European *rū- (to roar, cry hoarsely). Cognates include Sanskrit रौति (rauti, to cry loud), Ancient Greek ὠρύομαι (ōrúomai, to howl, roar), Latin rūmor, rāvus (hoarse, husky), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna), German raunen (to whisper), Russian реветь (revetʹ), etc.

Verb

ոռնամ (oṙnam)  (aorist indicative ոռնացի or ոռնացայ)

  1. to howl, yell, roar (of various animals)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ոռնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ոռնալ”, 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
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