երդնում

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *երդունում (*erdunum) from the root *երդու (*erdu), from Proto-Indo-European *ertu-. Cognate with Ossetian ард (ard, oath).

Verb

երդնում (erdnum)

  1. to swear, take an oath
    սուտ երդնուլsut erdnulto swear falsely, perjure oneself, take a false oath
    երդնուլ յանձն իւրerdnul yanjn iwrto swear to oneself
    երդնուլ յԱստուած, ի դիս/աստուածովքerdnul yAstuac, i dis/astuacovkʻto swear by one's God, by all that is sacred
  2. to curse, detest

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: երդվել (erdvel), երդվյալ (erdvyal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երդնում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երդումն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press