սեամք
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- սեմք (semkʿ), շեմք (šemkʿ), շեմ (šem) – post-classical
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Noun
սեամք • (seamkʿ) pl
- threshold
- 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 | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: շեմք (šemkʿ), շեմ (šem), սեմ (sem), սյամ (syam)
- → Turkish: şem
- ⇒ Armenian: շեմիկ (šemik), շեմիք (šemikʿ)
- → Kurdish: [script needed] (şimik)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սեամք”, 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), “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