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մայեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia, possibly going back to Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-i- and cognate with Sanskrit मिमाति (mimāti, to bleat), Ancient Greek μηκάομαι (mēkáomai, to bleat).

Verb

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մայեմ (mayem)

  1. to bleat (of the sheep)
    ոչխար մայէočʻxar mayēthe sheep bleats

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մայել (mayel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մայեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “մայեմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pʻēštəmalčean, Grigor (1846) “մայեմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language], volume II, Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 197b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մայել”, 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 447