Old Armenian

Verb

ածեմ • ‎(acem)

1. to carry, to fetch, to bring (copiously used figuratively and idiomatically)

   ածել ընդ իւր‎ ― acel ənd iwr ― to conduct

   ածել ի ներքս, ի մէջ‎ ― acel i nerkʿs, i mēǰ ― to introduce

   ածել ի վերայ/ածել թափել‎ ― acel i veray/acel tʿapʿel ― to infer

   ածել ի/վերածել‎ ― acel i/veracel ― to reduce

   ածել ընդ քարշ‎ ― acel ənd kʿarš ― to drag along

   ածել զբոցով‎ ― acel zbocʿov ― to pass through flame, to enflame, to burn

   ածել զմտաւ‎ ― acel zmtaw ― to consider, to think, to reflect

   ածել զբռամբ‎ ― acel zbṙamb ― to seize, to lay hold of

   առանց ընդ բանս ինչ ածելոյ‎ ― aṙancʿ ənd bans inčʿ aceloy ― without making any objection, readily

   ածել զիւրեւ՝ յինքն‎ ― acel ziwrew, yinkʿn ― to seduce, to entice

   թեկն ածել զիրիք‎ ― tʿekn acel zirikʿ ― to attempt; to aspire to, to pant for, to seek; to embroil; to sell off, to dispose of; to explain one's self, to pretend to be

2. to put on (clothes or accessories)

   գօտի ածել‎ ― gōti acel ― to gird

3. to pour (a liquid)
4. to strike, to hit

   ածել ումեք սուսերաւ‎ ― acel umekʿ suseraw ― to strike someone with a sword

5. (post-classical) to shave

   ածել զհերս‎ ― acel zhers ― to raze hair

6. (post-classical) to grow (a plant)
7. (post-classical) to play (a musical instrument)
8. (post-classical) to lay (eggs)

   ածել զձու‎ ― acel zju ― to lay eggs

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Descendants

• Armenian: ածել ‎(acel)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ածեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ածեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ածեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “acem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 16