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բզզամ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. See also բզէզ (bzēz).

Verb

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բզզամ (bzzam)

  1. (transitive) to buzz (said of flies, bees, beetles and other insects)

Conjugation

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active
infinitive բզզալ (bzzal) participle բզզացեալ (bzzacʻeal)
causative aorist stem բզզաց- (bzzacʻ-)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative
present բզզամ (bzzam) բզզաս (bzzas) բզզայ (bzzay) բզզամք (bzzamkʻ) բզզայք (bzzaykʻ) բզզան (bzzan)
imperfect բզզայի (bzzayi) բզզայիր (bzzayir) բզզայր (bzzayr) բզզայաք (bzzayakʻ) բզզայիք (bzzayikʻ) բզզային (bzzayin)
aorist բզզացի (bzzacʻi) բզզացեր (bzzacʻer) բզզաց (bzzacʻ) բզզացաք (bzzacʻakʻ) բզզացէք, բզզացիք (bzzacʻēkʻ, bzzacʻikʻ) բզզացին (bzzacʻin)
subjunctive
present բզզայցեմ (bzzaycʻem) բզզայցես (bzzaycʻes) բզզայցէ (bzzaycʻē) բզզայցեմք (bzzaycʻemkʻ) բզզայցէք (bzzaycʻēkʻ) բզզայցեն (bzzaycʻen)
aorist բզզացից (bzzacʻicʻ) բզզասցես (bzzascʻes) բզզասցէ (bzzascʻē) բզզասցուք (bzzascʻukʻ) բզզասջիք (bzzasǰikʻ) բզզասցեն (bzzascʻen)
imperatives
imperative բզզա՛ (bzzá) բզզացէ՛ք (bzzacʻḗkʻ)
cohortative բզզասջի՛ր (bzzasǰír) բզզասջի՛ք (bzzasǰíkʻ)
prohibitive մի՛ բզզար (mí bzzar) մի՛ բզզայք (mí bzzaykʻ)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բզզալ (bzzal)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բզզամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բզզամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բզզամ”, 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 176