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սպուժեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spwhtn', spwc- /⁠spōxtan, spōz-⁠/, to thrust; to overstep, disobey; to delay, reject), Persian سپوختن (sepuxtan, to thrust, poke, press)

Verb

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սպուժեմ (spužem)

  1. to postpone, delay, neglect

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպոյժ”, 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) “սպուժեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 240
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպուժեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy