գոմ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡom/, [ɡom]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kom/, [kʰom]
  • Audio (Western Armenian):(file)

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʻarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմեր (gomer)
dative գոմի (gomi) գոմերի (gomeri)
ablative գոմից (gomicʻ) գոմերից (gomericʻ)
instrumental գոմով (gomov) գոմերով (gomerov)
locative գոմում (gomum) գոմերում (gomerum)
definite forms
nominative գոմը / գոմն (gomə / gomn) գոմերը/գոմերն (gomerə/gomern)
dative գոմին (gomin) գոմերին (gomerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գոմս (goms) գոմերս (gomers)
dative գոմիս (gomis) գոմերիս (gomeris)
ablative գոմիցս (gomicʻs) գոմերիցս (gomericʻs)
instrumental գոմովս (gomovs) գոմերովս (gomerovs)
locative գոմումս (gomums) գոմերումս (gomerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գոմդ (gomd) գոմերդ (gomerd)
dative գոմիդ (gomid) գոմերիդ (gomerid)
ablative գոմիցդ (gomicʻd) գոմերիցդ (gomericʻd)
instrumental գոմովդ (gomovd) գոմերովդ (gomerovd)
locative գոմումդ (gomumd) գոմերումդ (gomerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: kom
  • → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوم (kom)
  • → Turkish: köm

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Related to Georgian გომი (gomi), Persian گمارا (gomârâ).

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. fold or stall for sheep or cattle
Declension
o-type
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմք (gomkʻ)
genitive գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʻ)
dative գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʻ)
accusative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
ablative գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʻ)
instrumental գոմով (gomov) գոմովք (gomovkʻ)
locative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմք (gomkʻ)
genitive գոմի (gomi) գոմաց (gomacʻ)
dative գոմի (gomi) գոմաց (gomacʻ)
accusative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
ablative գոմէ (gomē) գոմաց (gomacʻ)
instrumental գոմաւ (gomaw) գոմաւք = գոմօք (gomawkʻ = gomōkʻ)
locative գոմի (gomi) գոմս (goms)
Derived terms
  • գոմամուտ (gomamut)
Descendants

References

More information
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 574–575, follows Lidén
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 224
  • Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 14–16, derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, supposedly surviving also in Danish gamme (“sheepfold, shed”), dialectal Northern Sami gamme (“crib, manger”), Norwegian gamme (“turf hut”), Old Norse gammi (“hut of a Finn”), Alemannic German Gämmeli
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 86
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

Verb

գոմ • (gom)

  1. to be, to exist, to subsist
    գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʻē, gucʻē erbēkʻ, gucʻē tʻē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʻē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not
Usage notes
  • Only the inflected forms գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʻē) are from the classical period.
  • The verb is defective.
  • This is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian.
Conjugation
active
infinitive գոլ (gol) participle —
causative — aorist stem -
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative
present գոմ (gom) գոս (gos) գոյ (goy) գոմք (gomkʻ) գոյք (goykʻ) գոն (gon)
imperfect — — գոյր (goyr) — — գոյին (goyin)
aorist — — — — — —
subjunctive
present — — գուցէ (gucʻē) — — գուցեն (gucʻen)
aorist — — — — — —
imperatives
imperative — — — — — —
cohortative — — — — — —
prohibitive — — — — — —
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

References

More information
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուցէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուցէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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