շճեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ačaṙean lists under the unattested root *շիճ- (*šič-, straining, filtering), together with շիճուկ (šičuk) / շճուկ (ščuk, whey) and possibly շիճ (šič, grain spoilt by rain), and leaves the origin open.[1]

Probably of Iranian origin, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *srasč- (to drip), whence especially Wakhi ṣ̌əc- / ṣ̌əct- (to seep, drip, leak (away)), causative ṣ̌əc(ы)v- / ṣ̌əcovd- (to strain; to filter; to skim the cream off), possibly also Khwarezmian [script needed] (cš-, to drip) and Old Armenian սրսկեմ (srskem, to sprinkle). On this root see Cheung, without the Armenian.[2] See also շիճուկ (šičuk) for more.

Verb[edit]

շճեմ (ščem)

  1. to seep, drip, trickle or to be full of serosity, of matter
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 21.24:[3]
      Փոր նորա լի է ճարպով․ ուղիղ նորա շճեսցէ։
      Pʻor nora li ē čarpov; ułił nora ščescʻē.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        His inwards are filled with fat; his marrow will become liquified.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 518a
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
  3. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 156

Further reading[edit]

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