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վէմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (wym /⁠wēm⁠/, rock). Akin to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬁 (vaēmā, crevice on the surface of a rock).

Noun

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վէմ (vēm)

  1. solid stone, solid rock

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative վէմ (vēm) վէմք (vēmkʻ)
genitive վիմի (vimi) վիմաց (vimacʻ)
dative վիմի (vimi) վիմաց (vimacʻ)
accusative վէմ (vēm) վէմս (vēms)
ablative վիմէ (vimē) վիմաց (vimacʻ)
instrumental վիմաւ (vimaw) վիմաւք = վիմօք (vimawkʻ = vimōkʻ)
locative վիմի (vimi) վէմս (vēms)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վեմ (vem)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վէմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վէմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վէմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press