ամ

See also: ամ- and Appendix:Variations of "am"

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամ (am)

Pronunciation

Noun

ամ • (am)

  1. (archaic, literary) year

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s(e)meh₂-. The initial ա- (a-) is from the oblique stem *sm̥-h₂-ó-. Related to ամառն (amaṙn).[1][2][3]

Noun

ամ • (am)

  1. year
    ամի ամի, ամ յամէ, ամ ըստ ամէ ― ami ami, am yamē, am əst amē ― yearly, annually, a year, every year
    յամէ եւս ― yamē ews ― the following year, the year after
    յառաջիկայ ամի ― yaṙaǰikay ami ― next year
    յանցելում ամի ― yancʿelum ami ― last year
    զայս ամ, յայսմ ամի ― zays am, yaysm ami ― this year
    զամն ողջոյն ― zamn ołǰoyn ― all the year
    ի վերջ կոյս ամին ― i verǰ koys amin ― towards the end of the year
  2. age

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 45, 47

Further reading

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