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ամփոփեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ամփոփ (ampʻopʻ).

Verb

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ամփոփեմ (ampʻopʻem)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to assemble
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).5.2–3:[1]
      Յորժամ տեսանէ զնաւս առագաստեալս, նմանի նոցա․ ամբառնայ զթեւս ի նմանութիւն առագաստաց եւ հակառակի ընդ նաւսն․ եւ երթա վտաւանս երեսուն կամ քառասուն․ իբրեւ վաստակի, խոնարհեցուցանէ զթեւսն եւ յինքն ամբփոփէ յաշխատութենէ։
      Yoržam tesanē znaws aṙagasteals, nmani nocʻa; ambaṙnay ztʻews i nmanutʻiwn aṙagastacʻ ew hakaṙaki ənd nawsn; ew ertʻa vtawans eresun kam kʻaṙasun; ibrew vastaki, xonarhecʻucʻanē ztʻewsn ew yinkʻn ambpʻopʻē yašxatutʻenē.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        When it [the "saw-fish"] sees ships driven by sails, it imitates them: it raises its wings like sails and competes with the ships. After racing 30 or 40 stadia, growing tired, it brings the wings down and folds them to itself because of fatigue.
  2. (transitive) to contain; to enclose
  3. (transitive) to shorten

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ամփոփել (ampʻopʻel)

References

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  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 93—94, 144

Further reading

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