լիզեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *լէզ- (*lēz-, to lick), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (to lick).

Verb

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լիզեմ (lizem)

  1. (transitive) to lick
  2. (transitive) to lap
  3. (transitive) to touch lightly
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to devour, to consume; to destroy, to annihilate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լիզել (lizel)
  • ? Georgian: ლეზვი (lezvi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լիզեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լէզ”, 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 308