վարեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬜𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vāδaiieiti, to lead). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.[1]

Verb

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վարեմ (varem)

  1. (transitive) to plough, till; to cultivate (the soil)
  2. (transitive) to lead, convey, conduct, direct; to drive
    վարել ամենազօր իշխանութիւնvarel amenazōr išxanutʻiwnto wield absolute authority
    գերի, ի գերութիւն վարելgeri, i gerutʻiwn varelto catch, to make captive, prisoner, to reduce to slavery
    դատ վարելdat varelto act against, to pursue to justice; to be concerned in a lawsuit
    վարել ի խաղաղութիւնvarel i xałałutʻiwnto make peace, to pacify, to appease, to accommodate
    վարել զճանապարհvarel zčanaparhto travel; to go, to walk, to march
    վարեմ զնաւvarem znawto navigate, to steer a ship
    յառաջ վարելyaṙaǰ varelto drive forward; to urge or push on
  3. (transitive) to chase away, drive out, expel
  4. (intransitive, often mediopassive) to behave, conduct oneself
    որպէս եւ միտք իւր վարէինorpēs ew mitkʻ iwr varēinas his own propensities dictated
    վարել զկեանս, կենցաղvarel zkeans, kencʻałto live
  5. (intransitive, often mediopassive) to use, employ, handle, wield

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վարել (varel), վարվել (varvel)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վար”, 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, pages 312–314

Further reading

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