Old Armenian

Verb

մոլիմ • ‎(molim)

1. (intransitive) to become mad, to lose one's senses; to be in a passion, enraged; to be extravagantly fond of, to fall violently in love with, to be passionately in love

   մոլել զհետ‎ ― molel zhet ― to bend one's whole soul to, to apply oneself entirely to, to dote upon, to be distracted with

   մոլիս, Պաւ՛ղէ‎ ― molis, Paẃłē ― Paul, thou art beside thyself

2. (intransitive) to divine, to prophesy (referring to the ecstatic fury of the sorcerer or the prophet)

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Descendants

• Armenian: մոլել ‎(molel)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մոլիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մոլիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 472