գեղմն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wél(h₁)-mn̥, related to *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

գեղմն • (gełmn)

1. fleece, wool

   Synonym: բուրդ (burd)

Declension

n-type

	singular	plural
nominative	գեղմն (gełmn)	գեղմունք (gełmunkʻ)
genitive	գեղման (gełman)	գեղմանց (gełmancʻ)
dative	գեղման (gełman)	գեղմանց (gełmancʻ)
accusative	գեղմն (gełmn)	գեղմունս (gełmuns)
ablative	գեղմանէ (gełmanē)	գեղմանց (gełmancʻ)
instrumental	գեղմամբ (gełmamb)	գեղմամբք (gełmambkʻ)
locative	գեղման (gełman)	գեղմունս (gełmuns)

Derived terms

• գեղմնաբարձ (gełmnabarj)
• գեղմնաւէտ (gełmnawēt)
• գեղմնաւոր (gełmnawor)

Descendants

• → Armenian: գեղմ (geġm) (semi-learned)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գեղմն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղմն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 204