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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *treh₂ǵ- with a prothetic ա- (a-) and cognate with Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, chew, eat), τράγος (trágos, he-goat).[1][2][3] Related to արօտ (arōt).

Verb

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արածեմ (aracem)

  1. (transitive) to cause the herd to graze, to pasture
  2. (figuratively, of fire) to burn down
  3. (usually mediopassive, intransitive) to graze, to pasture, to feed
    արածել զհողմսaracel zhołmsto cherish vain hopes, to build castles in the air

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արածել (aracel)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aracem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 125

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy