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պատմեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Middle Iranian cognate of Persian پیمودن (peymudan, to measure).[1][2][3][4][5] See it for more.

There has been some scepticism about this etymology due to the combining form -պատում (-patum) and the difference in meaning,[6][7] but the combining form can be explained as a back-formation from պատմ- (patm-), and the sense development can be explained as "to measure words, to weigh one's words" → "to speak in a measured, controlled or truthful way".[8] The same sense development is seen in the Tajik cognate паймудан (paymudan, to measure; to relate, tell, narrate).

Verb

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պատմեմ (patmem)

  1. (transitive) to relate, tell, narrate, recount
    • 5th century, Bible, Matthew 8.33:
      Եւ խոզարածքն փախեան, եւ երթեալ ի քաղաքն պատմեցին զամենայն, եւ զիրս դիւահարացն:
      Ew xozarackʻn pʻaxean, ew ertʻeal i kʻałakʻn patmecʻin zamenayn, ew zirs diwaharacʻn:
      Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Usage notes

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Has the combining form -պատում (-patum).

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պատմել (patmel)

References

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  1. ^ Windischmann, Friedrich (1846) Über die Grundlage des Armenischen im arischen Sprachstamme (in German), München: Königlich-Bayerische Akad. der Wiss., pages 42–43
  2. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 9
  3. ^ Müller, Friedrich (1863) “Beiträge zur Lautlehre der armenischen Sprache III”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 42, page 250
  4. ^ Müller, Friedrich (1864) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der neupersischen Dialekte II. Kurmânǵî-Dialekt der Kurdensprache”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 46, page 463
  5. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1877) “Ueber die stellung des armenischen im kreise der indogermanischen sprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[1] (in German), volume 23, number 1, page 19 of 5–49
  6. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 224
  7. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատում”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 51ab
  8. ^ Belardi, Walter (1961) “Sull’origine delle voci armene antiche inizianti con -pat”, in Handes Amsorya[2] (in Italian), volume 75, numbers 10–12, Vienna, columns 622–623

Further reading

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