սեամք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• սեմք (semkʻ), շեմք (šemkʻ), շեմ (šem) — post-Classical

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

սեամք • (seamkʻ) pl

1. threshold
2. doorposts

   Synonym: բարաւոր (barawor)

Declension

o-type

	plural (plurale tantum)
nominative	սեամք (seamkʻ)
genitive	սեմոց (semocʻ)
dative	սեմոց (semocʻ)
accusative	սեմս (sems)
ablative	սեմոց (semocʻ)
instrumental	սեմովք (semovkʻ)
locative	սեմս (sems)

an instrumental սեմօք (semōkʻ) = սեմաւք (semawkʻ) is also attested

Descendants

• Armenian: շեմք (šemkʻ), շեմ (šem), սեմ (sem), սյամ (syam)
  • → Turkish: şem
  • ⇒ Armenian: շեմիկ (šemik), շեմիք (šemikʻ)
    • → Northern Kurdish: [script needed] (şimik)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սեամք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սեամք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեամք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy