բամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.[1][2][3][4]

Verb

բամ • (bam)

  1. to speak, to say

Usage notes

  • Only the forms shown in the conjugation table have survived in the competition with the verb ասեմ (asem), and these forms too are only rarely attested independently as verbs: usually they appear together with ասեմ (asem) as conjunctions.
  • The forms բամ (bam, “I say”), բաս (bas, “you say”), բայ (bay, “he says”) and the imperative բա (ba, “say!”) are used as conjunctions with the meaning of “that”, e.g. ասաց բայ գայ եւ ահա եկն (asacʻ bay gay ew aha ekn, “he said that he will come and he came”).

Conjugation

active
infinitive — participle —
causative — aorist stem -
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative
present բամ (bam) բաս (bas) բայ (bay) բամք* (bamkʻ*) — բան* (ban*)
imperfect — — — — — —
aorist — — — — — —
subjunctive
present — — — — — —
aorist — — — — — —
imperatives
imperative — բա՛ (bá) — — — —
cohortative — — — — — —
prohibitive — — — — — —

Conjunction

բամ • (bam)

  1. that
    ասացի բամ... ― asacʻi bam... ― I said that...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բաս (bas), բա (ba)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, 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. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 124
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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