սեղմ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սեղմ (sełm).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /seʁm/ [seʁm] invalid IPA characters (//[])
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): /seχm/ [seχm] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /seʁm/ [seʁm] invalid IPA characters (//[])
    • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): /seχm/ [seχm] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Adjective

սեղմ • (seġm) (superlative ամենասեղմ)

  1. dense, compact, compressed
  2. brief, succinct, concise

Declension

Adverb

սեղմ • (seġm)

  1. briefly, succinctly, concisely

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Adjective

սեղմ • (sełm)

  1. dense, compact, compressed
    Synonyms: հոծ (hoc), խիտ (xit), ամփոփ (ampʻopʻ), կուռ (kuṙ), սերտ (sert), հաստ (hast), հաստատուն (hastatun)

Declension

Derived terms

  • սեղմաբան (seġmaban)
  • սեղմանամ (seġmanam)
  • սեղմապէս (seġmapēs)
  • սեղմաւոր (seġmawor)
  • սեղմեմ (seġmem)
  • սեղմութիւն (seġmutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սեղմ (seġm)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սեղմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սեղմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “սեղմ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեղմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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