երդնում

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *երդունում (*erdunum) from the root *երդու (*erdu), from Proto-Indo-European *ertu-. Cognate with Ossetian ард (ard, oath).

Verb

երդնում (erdnum)

  1. to swear, take an oath
    սուտ երդնուլsut erdnulto swear falsely, perjure oneself, take a false oath
    երդնուլ յանձն իւրerdnul yanjn iwrto swear to oneself
    երդնուլ յԱստուած, ի դիս/աստուածովքerdnul yAstuac, i dis/astuacovkʿto swear by one's God, by all that is sacred
  2. to curse, detest

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), երդնում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), երդումն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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