վազեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *waj- (to carry, drive), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare especially Parthian 𐫇𐫉- (wz- /⁠waz-⁠/, to move swiftly, fly; to travel; to blow (of wind)) and Northern Kurdish bezîn, bez- (to run, gallop).

Verb

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վազեմ (vazem)  (aorist indicative վազեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to leap, to bound, to spring or dart forward, to clear at a single bound
    վազեալ անցանելvazeal ancʻanelto overpass, to cross, to leap over, to outleap
    վազել սրտիvazel srtito flutter, to throb, to palpitate (of heart)
  2. (intransitive) to run swiftly, impetuously
    ի բաց վազելi bacʻ vazelto pass away, to fly away
  3. (intransitive) to overstep, to surpass, to transgress, to trespass; to rebel
    յօրէնսն վազելyōrēnsn vazelto inveigh against the law
    վազել զոմամբvazel zomambto revolt against; to despise
    յազատութեանն վազել փառսyazatutʻeann vazel pʻaṙsto lift up the horns against, to rebel, to rise in rebellion; to get proud, to become presumptuous

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վազել (vazel)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վազեմ”, 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 292–293
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վազեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 31
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 908
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վազեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy