լիզեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *լէզ- (*lēz-, to lick), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (to lick).

Verb

լիզեմ • (lizem)

  1. (transitive) to lick
  2. (transitive) to lap
  3. (transitive) to touch lightly
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to devour, to consume; to destroy, to annihilate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • առլեզ (aṙlez)
  • լիզաջինջ (lizaǰinǰ)
  • յարալեզ (yaralez)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լիզել (lizel)
  • ? Georgian: ლეზვი (lezvi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լիզեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լէզ”, 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 and Boston: Brill, page 308
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