օծանեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւծանեմ (awcanem), from Proto-Armenian *auǵ-, from *Hnʷg- (with regular palatalization of the velar after *u/w as in աւձ (awj)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥gʷ- (with a metathesis of *w as in ածուխ (acux)), from the zero-grade of *h₃engʷ- (to anoint) + -ան- (-an-).

Verb

օծանեմ • (ōcanem)

  1. (transitive) to anoint
    օծանել զանձն իւղով անուշիւōcanel zanjn iwłov anušiwto pomade, to perfume one's person
    օծանել զերեսս անոյշ իւղովōcanel zeress anoyš iwłovto anoint one's face with precious ointment
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] :[1][2]
      Չօծան իւղով, չյարմարեցին սանտրով զհեր գլխոյ իւրեանց
      Čʻōcan iwłov, čʻyarmarecʻin santrov zher glxoy iwreancʻ
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        They did not anoint themselves with perfume, they did not arrange the hair of their heads with combs.
  2. (transitive) to consecrate
  3. (transitive) to cover with thin layer of a noble metal
    օծանել ոսկւովōcanel oskwovto gild
    օծանել արծաթովōcanel arcatʻovto silver

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • արծաթազօծ (arcatʻazōc)
  • զօծանեմ (zōcanem)
  • մոմազօծ (momazōc)
  • ոսկեզօծ (oskezōc)
  • ոսկէօծ (oskēōc)
  • ոսկիազօծ (oskiazōc)
  • օծ (ōc)
  • օծական (ōcakan)
  • օծակից (ōcakicʻ)
  • օծանութիւն (ōcanutʻiwn)
  • օծելութիւն (ōcelutʻiwn)
  • օծիչ (ōcičʻ)
  • օծող (ōcoł)
  • օծութիւն (ōcutʻiwn)
  • օծումն (ōcumn)
  • օծօղ (ōcōł)

Descendants

  • Armenian: օծել (ōcel), օծյալ (ōcyal)

References

  1. Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 110
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 161

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օծ”, 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) “awcanem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 152
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