մոլիմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as մեղ (meł).

Verb

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մոլիմ (molim)

  1. (intransitive) to become mad, to lose one's senses; to be in a passion, enraged; to be extravagantly fond of, to fall violently in love with, to be passionately in love
    մոլել զհետmolel zhetto bend one's whole soul to, to apply oneself entirely to, to dote upon, to be distracted with
    մոլիս, Պա՛ւղէmolis, PáwłēPaul, thou art beside thyself
  2. (intransitive) to divine, to prophesy (referring to the ecstatic fury of the sorcerer or the prophet)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մոլել (molel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոլիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոլիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մոլ”, 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 472