աւանդեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From աւանդ (awand).

Verb[edit]

աւանդեմ (awandem)

  1. (transitive) to deliver, transmit, pass on
    աւանդել զոգիawandel zogito give up the ghost, to die
    • 1612 – 1614, Yakob Tʻoxatʻecʻi :[1]
      Ոհ թէ այն պահն, որ զքեզ տեսնէի,
      Զաջդ տիրաշօշափ ես համբուրէի,
      Ժամ մի դէմ երեսիդ աչօք հայէի,
      Ապա զհոգիս մարմնոյս իմ աւանդէի։
      Oh tʻē ayn pahn, or zkʻez tesnēi,
      Zaǰd tirašōšapʻ es hamburēi,
      Žam mi dēm eresid ačʻōkʻ hayēi,
      Apa zhogis marmnoys im awandēi.
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        O for the moment when I'd see you,
        Kiss your right hand that touched the Lord,
        That for a time I'd gaze upon your face with my eyes,
        Then would I yield up the ghost from my body.

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ավանդել (avandel)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 61

Further reading[edit]

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