բախեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Russian бабах (babax), бац (bac), English bang. The late spelling բաղխեմ (bałxem) is an emphatic formation.

Verb

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բախեմ (baxem)  (aorist indicative բախեցի)

  1. (transitive) to strike, to beat; to knock (at a door); to scourge
    բախել ի քարի զոտսbaxel i kʻari zotsto strike one's foot in a stone
    բախել հողմոց զտունbaxel hołmocʻ ztunraging of the wind against the houses
    բախել զդուռն, ի դրանbaxel zduṙn, i dranto knock at the door
    բախել զկուրծսbaxel zkurcsto beat one's breast
    բախել զքնարbaxel zkʻnarto play a cithern, harp, lyre
    բախել ճառագայթից զաչսbaxel čaṙagaytʻicʻ začʻsto dazzle the eyes
    բախեալ արտասուօքbaxeal artasuōkʻburst into tears

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բախել (baxel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բախեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բախեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164