այրեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from *այր (*ayr, “fire”) (which disappeared in competition with հուր (hur)), from Proto-Indo-European *HeHter- (“fire”), with Proto-Iranian *ātar-, perhaps also Latin āter (“black, dark”), Irish áith (“kiln”), Palaic [script needed] (hā-, “to be hot”) as cognates.[1][2][3]

Verb

այրեմ • (ayrem)

  1. (transitive) to burn, to enflame, to fire
  2. (transitive) to torrefy, to scorch, to parch, to dry

Conjugation

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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), “այրել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayrem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 63

Further reading

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