սահիմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown. Compare Arabic سَاحَ (sāḥa, to tour, travel, roam; to flow, stream).

Verb[edit]

սահիմ (sahim)

  1. (intransitive) to flow, be flowing, run out, pass over, roll or glide on; to roam, wander
    սահել ի մտացsahel i mtacʻto slip from, escape the memory
    սահեալ անցանելsaheal ancʻanelto run; to elapse, to glide away
    • 5th century, Bible, Wisdom of Solomon 5.10:
      Եւ իբրեւ զնաւ սահեալ ՚ի ջուրց կուտակելոց. զորոյ իբրեւ անցանիցէ՝ ո՛չ գոյ զհետսն գտանել․ եւ ո՛չ զշաւիղս գնացից նորա ՚ի մէջ ալեաց։
      Ew ibrew znaw saheal ’i ǰurcʻ kutakelocʻ. zoroy ibrew ancʻanicʻē, óčʻ goy zhetsn gtanel; ew óčʻ zšawiłs gnacʻicʻ nora ’i mēǰ aleacʻ.
      And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves.
  2. (intransitive, post-Classical) to slip, slide, glide
    սահել ի վերայ սառիsahel i veray saṙito skate
    սահեցաւsahecʻawhe slipped, his foot or feet slipped

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սահել (sahel)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 161–162
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սահիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Urišean, Vardgēs (1998) “սահ”, in Mer armatnerə nor loysi tak [Our Root Words Under New Light] (in Armenian), volume II, Fresno: Meshag Printing & Publishing, page 159a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սահիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy