արբ-

See also: արբ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sr̥bʰ-, zero-grade aorist of *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”).[1][2][3]

Root

արբ- • (arb-)

  1. to drink
  2. to get drunk

Usage notes

This root serves as the aorist stem of the suppletive verb ըմպեմ (əmpem).

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*arb-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 129
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