գոմ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

Pronunciation

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʿarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.

Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմեր (gomer)
dative գոմի (gomi) գոմերի (gomeri)
ablative գոմից (gomicʿ) գոմերից (gomericʿ)
instrumental գոմով (gomov) գոմերով (gomerov)
locative գոմում (gomum) գոմերում (gomerum)
definite forms
nominative գոմը/գոմն (gomə/gomn) գոմերը/գոմերն (gomerə/gomern)
dative գոմին (gomin) գոմերին (gomerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գոմս (goms) գոմերս (gomers)
dative գոմիս (gomis) գոմերիս (gomeris)
ablative գոմիցս (gomicʿs) գոմերիցս (gomericʿs)
instrumental գոմովս (gomovs) գոմերովս (gomerovs)
locative գոմումս (gomums) գոմերումս (gomerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գոմդ (gomd) գոմերդ (gomerd)
dative գոմիդ (gomid) գոմերիդ (gomerid)
ablative գոմիցդ (gomicʿd) գոմերիցդ (gomericʿd)
instrumental գոմովդ (gomovd) գոմերովդ (gomerovd)
locative գոմումդ (gomumd) գոմերումդ (gomerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: kom
  • → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
  • → Turkish: köm, kom

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Related to Georgian გომი (gomi), Persian گمارا‎ (gomârâ).

Noun

գոմ • (gom)

  1. fold or stall for sheep or cattle
Declension
o-type
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմք (gomkʿ)
genitive գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʿ)
dative գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʿ)
accusative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
ablative գոմոյ (gomoy) գոմոց (gomocʿ)
instrumental գոմով (gomov) գոմովք (gomovkʿ)
locative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative գոմ (gom) գոմք (gomkʿ)
genitive գոմի (gomi) գոմաց (gomacʿ)
dative գոմի (gomi) գոմաց (gomacʿ)
accusative գոմ (gom) գոմս (goms)
ablative գոմէ (gomē) գոմաց (gomacʿ)
instrumental գոմաւ (gomaw) գոմաւք = գոմօք (gomawkʿ = gomōkʿ)
locative գոմի (gomi) գոմս (goms)
Derived terms
  • գոմամուտ (gomamut)
Descendants

References
More information
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 574–575, follows Lidén
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, 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 and Boston: Brill, page 224
  • Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 14–16, derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, supposedly surviving also in Danish gamme (“sheepfold, shed”), dialectal Northern Sami gamme (“crib, manger”), Norwegian gamme (“turf hut”), Old Norse gammi (“hut of a Finn”), Alemannic German Gämmeli
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 86
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

Verb

գոմ • (gom)

  1. to be, to exist, to subsist
    գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʿē, gucʿē erbēkʿ, gucʿē tʿē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʿē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not
Usage notes
  • Only the inflected forms գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʿē) are from the classical period.
  • The verb is defective.
  • This is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian.
Conjugation
active
infinitive գոլ (gol) participle —
causative — aorist stem -
person singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ես դու նա մեք դուք նոքա
present գոմ (gom) գոս (gos) գոյ (goy) գոմք (gomkʿ) գոյք (goykʿ) գոն (gon)
imperfect — — գոյր (goyr) — — գոյին (goyin)
aorist — — — — — —
subjunctive ես դու նա մեք դուք նոքա
present — — գուցէ (gucʿē) — — գուցեն (gucʿen)
aorist — — — — — —
imperatives — (դու) — — (դուք) —
imperative — — — — — —
cohortative — — — — — —
prohibitive — — — — — —
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

References
More information
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գուցէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գուցէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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