սրբեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

A denominative verb from սուրբ (surb).

Verb

սրբեմ • (srbem)

  1. to purify, to clean, to wipe off, to wipe dry, to spunge up; to absterge, to cleanse, to deterge
    սրբել զմօրուսsrbel zmōrusto shave the beard
    սրբել զեղնգունսsrbel zełngunsto pare the nails
    սրբել զուռսsrbel zuṙsto prune, to lop
    հրով սրբելhrov srbelto refine by fire
    սրբել զցորեանsrbel zcʻoreanto winnow
  2. (figuratively) to expiate
  3. (ecclesiastical) to sanctify, to consecrate
  4. to offer, to dedicate (to God or a temple)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սրբել (srbel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սրբեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սրբեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուրբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 58
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “սրբեմ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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