գոմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

Pronunciation

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʿarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, surviving also in Danish gamme (“sheepfold, shed”), dialectal Northern Sami gamme (“crib, manger”), Norwegian gamme (“turf hut”), Old Norse gammi (“hut of a Finn”), Swiss German Gämmeli. Or possibly a European substrate word.

According to Chukhua, derived from Georgian გომი (gomi).

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. fold or stall for sheep or cattle
Declension
Derived terms
  • գոմամուտ (gomamut)
Descendants
  • Armenian: գոմ (gom)
  • Azerbaijani: قوْم‎ (qom)
  • →? Georgian: გომი (gomi), Georgian: გომური (gomuri)
    • → Bats: გომურ (gomur)
  • Northern Kurdish: گوم‎ (gum)
  • Persian: گمارا‎ (gomârâ)
  • Turkish: köm

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 224
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 86

Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

Verb

գոմ • (gom)

  1. to be, to exist, to subsist
    գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʿē, gucʿē erbēkʿ, gucʿē tʿē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʿē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not
Usage notes
  • Only the inflected forms գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʿē) are from the classical period.
  • The verb is defective.
  • This is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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