վանդեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վանգեմ (vangem) misspelling

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Often connected with Proto-Germanic *wundō (wound) and derived from Proto-Indo-European, but the anlaut is irregular. An Iranian origin is suspected: compare վանեմ (vanem).

Verb

վանդեմ • (vandem)

  1. (transitive) to drive away, destroy
    • second half of 5th century or 6th century, Girkʿ Pitoyicʿ [Book of Chries] :[1]
      [] եւ զայլս այլովք հանդերձ կուր առաջի ամենեցուն արկանելով՝ վանդէին գրէթէ մինչեւ իսպառ իսկ։
      [] ew zayls aylovkʻ handerj kur aṙaǰi amenecʻun arkanelov, vandēin grētʻē minčʻew ispaṙ isk.
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to catch a disease

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • անվանդ (anvand)
  • հինաւանդ (hinawand)
  • հիւնաւանդութիւն (hiwnawandutʻiwn)
  • վանդումն (vandumn)

References

  1. Muradyan, Gohar (1993) Girkʻ pitoyicʻ [Book of Chreia], Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text with introduction and commentary, page 215

Further reading

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