բրդեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The root is *բուրդ- (*burd-, to cut) (compare ջարդուբուրդ (ǰarduburd) and բուրդ (burd, wool)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrdʰ-, from *bʰerdʰ- (to cut); cognate with Sanskrit वर्धक (vardhaka, shearing, cutting; carpenter), Old High German barta (axe), Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, to destroy, to devastate), Proto-Germanic *burdą, Proto-Slavic *bьrdo.[1]

Verb[edit]

բրդեմ (brdem)

  1. (transitive) to cut to pieces, to crumble (bread)
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to snow in large flakes
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) idiomatic and figurative meanings
    բրդել ի բարկութիւն, բրդել ի սրտմտութիւն բարկութեանbrdel i barkutʻiwn, brdel i srtmtutʻiwn barkutʻeanto be on a passion, to be angry, mad

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: բրդել (brdel), փրթել (pʻrtʻel)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բրդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բրդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բուրդ(-)”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բուրդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 7, number 1/2, pages 191–194