ամփոփեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ամբփոփեմ (ambpʿopʿem), անփոփեմ (anpʿopʿem)

Etymology

From ամփոփ (ampʿopʿ).

Verb

ամփոփեմ (ampʿopʿem)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to assemble
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).5.2–3:[1]
      Յորժամ տեսանէ զնաւս առագաստեալս, նմանի նոցա․ ամբառնայ զթեւս ի նմանութիւն առագաստաց եւ հակառակի ընդ նաւսն․ եւ երթա վտաւանս երեսուն կամ քառասուն․ իբրեւ վաստակի, խոնարհեցուցանէ զթեւսն եւ յինքն ամբփոփէ յաշխատութենէ։
      Yoržam tesanē znaws aṙagasteals, nmani nocʿa; ambaṙnay ztʿews i nmanutʿiwn aṙagastacʿ ew hakaṙaki ənd nawsn; ew ertʿa vtawans eresun kam kʿaṙasun; ibrew vastaki, xonarhecʿucʿanē ztʿewsn ew yinkʿn ambpʿopʿē yašxatutʿenē.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        When it [the "saw-fish"] sees ships driven by sails, it imitates them: it raises its wings like sails and competes with the ships. After racing 30 or 40 stadia, growing tired, it brings the wings down and folds them to itself because of fatigue.
  2. (transitive) to contain; to enclose
  3. (transitive) to shorten

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: ամփոփել (ampʿopʿel)

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , ամփոփեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , ամփոփեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , ամփոփիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

  1. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 93—94, 144
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