բամ
Old Armenian
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 | - | ||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | բամ (bam) | բաս (bas) | բայ (bay) | բամք* (bamkʻ*) | — | բան* (ban*) | |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| aorist | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | ես | դու | նա | մեք | դուք | նոքա | |
| present | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| aorist | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| imperatives | — | (դու) | — | — | (դուք) | — | |
| imperative | — | բա՛ (bá) | — | — | — | — | |
| cohortative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| prohibitive | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| *rare the verb is defective | |||||||
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- 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
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
- 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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