բզզամ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բզզեմ (bzzem)
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. See also բզէզ (bzēz).
Verb
բզզամ • (bzzam)
- (transitive) to buzz (said of flies, bees, beetles and other insects)
Conjugation
active
| infinitive | բզզալ (bzzal) | participle | բզզացեալ (bzzacʻeal) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| causative | — | aorist stem | բզզաց- (bzzacʻ-) | ||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | բզզամ (bzzam) | բզզաս (bzzas) | բզզայ (bzzay) | բզզամք (bzzamkʻ) | բզզայք (bzzaykʻ) | բզզան (bzzan) | |
| imperfect | բզզայի (bzzayi) | բզզայիր (bzzayir) | բզզայր (bzzayr) | բզզայաք (bzzayakʻ) | բզզայիք (bzzayikʻ) | բզզային (bzzayin) | |
| aorist | բզզացի (bzzacʻi) | բզզացեր (bzzacʻer) | բզզաց (bzzacʻ) | բզզացաք (bzzacʻakʻ) | բզզացէք, բզզացիք (bzzacʻēkʻ, bzzacʻikʻ) | բզզացին (bzzacʻin) | |
| subjunctive | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | բզզայցեմ (bzzaycʻem) | բզզայցես (bzzaycʻes) | բզզայցէ (bzzaycʻē) | բզզայցեմք (bzzaycʻemkʻ) | բզզայցէք (bzzaycʻēkʻ) | բզզայցեն (bzzaycʻen) | |
| aorist | բզզացից (bzzacʻicʻ) | բզզասցես (bzzascʻes) | բզզասցէ (bzzascʻē) | բզզասցուք (bzzascʻukʻ) | բզզասջիք (bzzasǰikʻ) | բզզասցեն (bzzascʻen) | |
| imperatives | — | (դու) | — | — | (դուք) | — | |
| imperative | — | բզզա՛ (bzzá) | — | — | բզզացէ՛ք (bzzacʻḗkʻ) | — | |
| cohortative | — | բզզասջի՛ր (bzzasǰír) | — | — | բզզասջի՛ք (bzzasǰíkʻ) | — | |
| prohibitive | — | մի՛ բզզար (mí bzzar) | — | — | մի՛ բզզայք (mí bzzaykʻ) | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: բզզալ (bzzal)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բզզամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բզզամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բզզամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 176