զբօսնում

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A suffixed verb from the root զբօս- (zbōs-) +‎ -ն- (-n-). The root is also spelled զբուս- (zbus-), սբօս- (sbōs-) and սբուս- (sbus-) and is of unknown origin.

Verb

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զբօսնում (zbōsnum)

  1. (intransitive) to divert oneself, to make merry, to relax oneself, to unbend one's mind, to take diversion, to recreate oneself
    զբօսնուլ մտաց յաղօթսzbōsnul mtacʻ yałōtʻsto be dissipated, to get heedless
  2. (intransitive) to play, to amuse oneself
  3. (intransitive) to refresh oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: զբոսնել (zbosnel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զբօսնում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զբօս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press