քամ
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- քամի (kʻami)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kʷm̥- (“to rumple, to cram, to stuff”). Cognate with Lithuanian kamúoti (“to torment”), kim̃šti (“to cram”).
Noun
[edit]քամ • (kʻam)
- the product of squeezing or pressing out (e.g. juice, gravy, jelly)
- the remnants of a flood
Declension
[edit]o-type
Derived terms
[edit]- արիւնաքամ (ariwnakʻam)
- թերաքամ (tʻerakʻam)
- թերաքամեալ (tʻerakʻameal)
- համաքամուած (hamakʻamuac)
- քամեմ (kʻamem)
- քամուած (kʻamuac)
- քամուք (kʻamukʻ)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press