ապրիմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ապրեմ (aprem)

Etymology

The root is *ապուր- (*apur-, to live, to survive), whose origin is unknown (see below for other words derived from this root). Ačaṙean proposes that it may be of the same origin as the root of պրծանիմ (prcanim).

The primary meaning of the word is "to survive," which is largely lost in modern Armenian ապրել (aprel). In Old Armenian, the sense "to live" or "to be alive" was usually expressed with the word կեամ (keam).

Verb

ապրիմ (aprim)

  1. to survive, to live, to escape, to be saved
    ապրել ի սրոյaprel i sroyto be saved from the sword
    ապրել ի ձեռաց թշնամեացaprel i jeṙacʿ tʿšnameacʿto escape from the enemy

Conjugation

  • անձնապուր (anjnapur)
  • մազապուր (mazapur)
  • մարդապուր (mardapur)
  • դիւրապուր (diwrapur)
  • ապրուստ (aprust)
  • ապրանք (aprankʿ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապրել (aprel), ապրիլ (april)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ապրիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապրիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ապուր I”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 70b

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