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հիւսեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sewk- (to bend, turn) with Lithuanian sùkti (to twirl) and Old East Slavic съкати (sŭkati, to twist, to roll), Russian скать (skatʹ, to twist, to roll) as cognates. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ- and cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬯𐬁 (pusā, diadem), Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, dense, solid). See also հիւսն (hiwsn), հիւս (hiws) and հիւսիս (hiwsis).

Verb

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հիւսեմ (hiwsem)

  1. (transitive) to weave; to plait; to braid; to twist, to enlace, to entwine, to intertwine; to knit
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to form, to devise
    հիւսել զնենգութիւնhiwsel znengutʻiwnto hatch wickedness, to frame or get up a plot, to machinate, to devise
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to compose, to write

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հյուսել (hyusel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւսեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւսեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւս”, 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 410