բրդեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is *բուրդ- (*burd-, to cut) (compare ջարդուբուրդ (ǰarduburd) and բուրդ (burd, wool)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrdʰ-, from *bʰerdʰ- (to cut); cognate with Sanskrit वर्धक (vardhaka, shearing, cutting; carpenter), Old High German barta (axe), Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, to destroy, to devastate), Proto-Germanic *burdą, Proto-Slavic *bьrdo.[1]

Verb

բրդեմ (brdem)

  1. (transitive) to cut to pieces, to crumble (bread)
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to snow in large flakes
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) idiomatic and figurative meanings
    բրդել ի բարկութիւն, բրդել ի սրտմտութիւն բարկութեանbrdel i barkutʿiwn, brdel i srtmtutʿiwn barkutʿeanto be on a passion, to be angry, mad

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • բրդոն (brdon)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բրդել (brdel), փրթել (pʿrtʿel)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բրդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բրդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), բուրդ(-)”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բուրդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Djahukian, Gevorg (2003), “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 7, issue 1/2, pages 191–194
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