շփշփեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շափշփեմ (šapʿšpʿem)

Etymology

Wholly-borrowed from Aramaic [script needed] (špšp, to rub against), which is from the root which gave շփեմ (špʿem). Probably etymologically identical with շօշափեմ (šōšapʿem).

Verb

շփշփեմ (špʿšpʿem)

  1. (transitive) to rub against

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: շփշփել (špʿšpʿel)

Further reading

  • špšp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), շօշափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), շփշփեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), շփշփեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.