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աճեմ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish عجم (acem), from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աճեմ (ačem) (traditional orthography spelling աճէմ)

  1. (Istanbul) Persian

Declension

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i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative աճեմ (ačem) աճեմներ (ačemner)
dative աճեմի (ačemi) աճեմների (ačemneri)
ablative աճեմից (ačemicʻ) աճեմներից (ačemnericʻ)
instrumental աճեմով (ačemov) աճեմներով (ačemnerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative աճեմը/աճեմն (ačemə/ačemn) աճեմները/աճեմներն (ačemnerə/ačemnern)
dative աճեմին (ačemin) աճեմներին (ačemnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative աճեմս (ačems) աճեմներս (ačemners)
dative աճեմիս (ačemis) աճեմներիս (ačemneris)
ablative աճեմիցս (ačemicʻs) աճեմներիցս (ačemnericʻs)
instrumental աճեմովս (ačemovs) աճեմներովս (ačemnerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative աճեմդ (ačemd) աճեմներդ (ačemnerd)
dative աճեմիդ (ačemid) աճեմներիդ (ačemnerid)
ablative աճեմիցդ (ačemicʻd) աճեմներիցդ (ačemnericʻd)
instrumental աճեմովդ (ačemovd) աճեմներովդ (ačemnerovd)
locative

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “աճէմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 67

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Armenian *awčémi, from *aug-(y)e-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)ug-(y)e-mi, from *h₂ewg-.[1][2][3] See also աճուկ (ačuk).

Verb

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աճեմ (ačem)

  1. to grow, to increase, to be augmented, to grow tall or stout
  2. to make progress
  3. to vegetate, to sprout, to come up
  4. to be multiplied
  5. to be heightened, to grow upon or out of
  6. to grow dear

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աճել (ačel)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աճել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ačem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 43

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աճեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աճեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy