սեամք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • սեմք (semkʿ), շեմք (šemkʿ), շեմ (šem) – post-classical

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

սեամք • (seamkʿ) pl

  1. threshold
  2. doorposts
    Synonym: բարաւոր (barawor)

Declension
o-type
plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative սեամք (seamkʿ)
genitive սեմոց (semocʿ)
dative սեմոց (semocʿ)
accusative սեմս (sems)
ablative սեմոց (semocʿ)
instrumental սեմովք (semovkʿ)
locative սեմս (sems)
an instrumental սեմօք (semōkʿ) = սեմաւք (semawkʿ) is also attested

Descendants
  • Armenian: շեմք (šemkʿ), շեմ (šem), սեմ (sem), սյամ (syam)
    • → Turkish: şem
    • ⇒ Armenian: շեմիկ (šemik), շեմիք (šemikʿ)
      • → Northern Kurdish: [script needed] (şimik)[1]

References
  1. Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 262

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սեամք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սեամք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սեամք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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