սերմն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From սերիմ (serim) +‎ -մն (-mn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (to grow, increase).

Noun

սերմն (sermn)

  1. seed, grain; berry; corn, pulse, etc.
    սերմն արութեանsermn arutʻeansperm
    ելանել արութիւն սերմանelanel arutʻiwn sermanto be afflicted with gonorrhea
    սերմն ձկանցsermn jkancʻspawn
    սերմն շաղգամիsermn šałgamirapeseed
    սերմն առնուլ կնոջsermn aṙnul knoǰto conceive
    ի սերմն տալ զցորեանi sermn tal zcʻoreanto sow corn
  2. (figuratively) progeny, race, descendants
  3. germ, bud, seeds
  4. cause, principle
  5. (botany) cotyledon

Usage notes

The word has three combining forms: the oldest սերման- (serman-), middle սերմն- (sermn-), the latest սերմ- (serm-).

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սերմ (serm)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սերմն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սերմն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սերմն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy