յամեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root յամ- (yam-).

Verb[edit]

յամեմ (yamem)  (aorist indicative յամեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to delay, to retard, to defer, to remain, to procrastinate
    յամել ի հաղորդութէնէyamel i hałordutʻēnēnot to receive often the Holy Sacrament
  2. (intransitive) to tarry, to stay, to dally, to loiter, to lag, to while
    յամել ի գինւոջyamel i ginwoǰto continue drinking; to remain long over one's cup
  3. (intransitive) to wait, to be patient
  4. (transitive) to retard, to defer, to delay, to put off, to procrastinate
    տէր իմ յամէ զգալtēr im yamē zgalmy lord delayeth his coming

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: համել (hamel), համենալ (hamenal)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յամեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy