բորբոքեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բորբոք (borbokʿ).

Verb

բորբոքեմ (borbokʿem)  (aorist indicative բորբոքեցի)

  1. (transitive) to set on fire, to kindle, to inflame
  2. (transitive) to fan the flame
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to be inflamed, kindled, to flame, to crackle
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).4.1–2:[1]
      Զի են եւ քարինք ինչ հրահանաց արու եւ էգ․ մինչեւ բացեայ ի միմեանց են, չհարկանի ուրէք հրդեհ. ապա թէ մաւտիցի արուն յէգն, հուր բորբոքի եւ այրէ զվայրս բազումս։
      Zi en ew kʿarinkʿ inčʿ hrahanacʿ aru ew ēg; minčʿew bacʿeay i mimeancʿ en, čʿharkani urēkʿ hrdeh. apa tʿē mawticʿi arun yēgn, hur borbokʿi ew ayrē zvayrs bazums.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There exist certain fire-striking stones, male and female. As long as they are separate from one another, nowhere fire is lit, but if the male approaches the female, it sets fire and burns many places.
  4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to be in a passion; to be mad

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: բորբոքել (borbokʿel)

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, 143

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բորբոքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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