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 թէgucʿē, gucʿē erbēkʿ, gucʿē tʿēperhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէmí gucʿēlest, 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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