փչեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is փուչ- (pʿučʿ-), from Proto-Indo-European *pʰu-. Cognates include Persian پوک (puk), پکیدن (pokidan, to blow, to die), Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, bellows), Latin pustula, Russian пыхать (pyxatʹ). Related to փուք (pʿukʿ).

Verb

փչեմ (pʿčʿem)  (aorist indicative փչեցի)

  1. to blow, to breathe
    հողմն փչէhołmn pʿčʿēthe wind blows
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).2.15–16:[1]
      Երրորդ բարք առիւծուն․ յորժամ ծնանի մատակ առեւծն զկորիւնն, մեռեալ ծնանի․ եւ նստեալ պահէ զորդի իւր, մինչեւ գայ հայրն յաւուր երրորդի եւ փչէ ի ճակատն նորա եւ յարուցանէ զնա։
      Errord barkʿ aṙiwcun; yoržam cnani matak aṙewcn zkoriwnn, meṙeal cnani; ew nsteal pahē zordi iwr, minčʿew gay hayrn yawur errordi ew pʿčʿē i čakatn nora ew yarucʿanē zna.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        The third custom of the lion: when the lioness gives birth to the whelp, she brings it forth dead. And she sits and guards her child, until on the third day the father comes and blows into its forehead and awakens it.
  2. to swell, to inflate
  3. to expire; to die
    փչել զհոգինpʿčʿel zhoginto expire, to die

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • արտափչեմ (artapʿčʿem)
  • արտափչումն (artapʿčʿumn)
  • դիւափչուչ (diwapʿčʿučʿ)
  • դիւրափուչ (diwrapʿučʿ)
  • զուգափչումն (zugapʿčʿumn)
  • ոսկեփուչ (oskepʿučʿ)
  • վերափչումն (verapʿčʿumn)
  • փչիկ (pʿčʿik)
  • փչումն (pʿčʿumn)
  • փչուչ (pʿčʿučʿ)
  • փչրակ (pʿčʿrak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փչել (pʿčʿel)

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 90, 142

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փչեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փչեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փուչ”, 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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