լուանամ

Old Armenian

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to wash, to cleanse, to bathe; to rinse
  • (transitive) to reproach, to scold
  • (intransitive) to wash, to wash oneself; to bathe, to bathe oneself
  • (intransitive) to clean oneself from, to wash out a stain of dishonour

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck), *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewh₃-

Gloss

wash, bathe, cut off, separate

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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