բզզամ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բզզեմ (bzzem)
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. See also բզէզ (bzēz).
Verb
բզզամ • (bzzam)
- (transitive) to buzz (said of flies, bees, beetles and other insects)
Conjugation
active
| infinitive | բզզալ (bzzal) | participle | բզզացեալ (bzzacʿeal) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| causative | — | aorist stem | բզզաց- (bzzacʿ-) | ||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | բզզամ (bzzam) | բզզաս (bzzas) | բզզայ (bzzay) | բզզամք (bzzamkʿ) | բզզայք (bzzaykʿ) | բզզան (bzzan) | |
| imperfect | բզզայի (bzzayi) | բզզայիր (bzzayir) | բզզայր (bzzayr) | բզզայաք (bzzayakʿ) | բզզայիք (bzzayikʿ) | բզզային (bzzayin) | |
| aorist | բզզացի (bzzacʿi) | բզզացեր (bzzacʿer) | բզզաց (bzzacʿ) | բզզացաք (bzzacʿakʿ) | բզզացէք, բզզացիք (bzzacʿēkʿ, bzzacʿikʿ) | բզզացին (bzzacʿin) | |
| subjunctive | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | բզզայցեմ (bzzaycʿem) | բզզայցես (bzzaycʿes) | բզզայցէ (bzzaycʿē) | բզզայցեմք (bzzaycʿemkʿ) | բզզայցէք (bzzaycʿēkʿ) | բզզայցեն (bzzaycʿen) | |
| aorist | բզզացից (bzzacʿicʿ) | բզզասցես (bzzascʿes) | բզզասցէ (bzzascʿē) | բզզասցուք (bzzascʿukʿ) | բզզասջիք (bzzasǰikʿ) | բզզասցեն (bzzascʿen) | |
| imperatives | — | (դու) | — | — | (դուք) | — | |
| imperative | — | բզզա՛ (bzzá) | — | — | բզզացէ՛ք (bzzacʿḗkʿ) | — | |
| cohortative | — | բզզասջի՛ր (bzzasǰír) | — | — | բզզասջի՛ք (bzzasǰíkʿ) | — | |
| prohibitive | — | մի՛ բզզար (mí bzzar) | — | — | մի՛ բզզայք (mí bzzaykʿ) | — | |
Derived terms
- բզզանք (bzzankʿ)
- բզզումն (bzzumn)
Descendants
- Armenian: բզզալ (bzzal)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բզզամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բզզամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բզզամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 176