այրեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from *այր (*ayr, fire) (which disappeared in competition with հուր (hur)), from Proto-Indo-European *HeHter- (fire), with Proto-Iranian *ātar-, perhaps also Latin āter (black, dark), Irish áith (kiln), Palaic 𒄩𒀀 (ḫa-a /⁠ḫā, hā⁠/, to be hot) as cognates.[1][2][3] Doublet of ատր- (atr-).

Verb

այրեմ (ayrem)

  1. (transitive) to burn, to enflame, to fire
  2. (transitive) to torrefy, to scorch, to parch, to dry

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: այրել (ayrel), էրել (ērel), իրիլ (iril)dialectal

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այրել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayrem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 63

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այրեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այրեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy