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գովեմ

գովեմ

Old Armenian

Verb

գովեմ (govem)  (aorist indicative գովեցի)

  1. (transitive) to praise
    գովել կարի իմն/յանչափսgovel kari imn/yančʿapʿs ― to extol, to commend excessively
    գովել զանձնgovel zanjn ― to glory, to boast
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to boast

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գովեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գովեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 226
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935