-եմ

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See also: եմ and ԵՄ

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A "kind of a scrap-heap" of several Proto-Indo-European formations, including old thematic presents like բերեմ (berem, I carry)*bʰér-e-ti; ye-presents like ջնջեմ (ǰnǰem, I wipe, destroy)*gʷʰén-ye-ti (see *-yeti); causative-iteratives as գործեմ (gorcem, I work)*worǵ-éye-ti (see *-éyeti). By surface analysis, -ե- (-e-, stem vowel) +‎ (-m).

Suffix

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-եմ (-em)

  1. first-person singular present active indicative ending of e-conjugation verbs
    գրեմgremI write
    բերեմberemI carry
    ջնջեմǰnǰemI wipe, destroy

See also

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References

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  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391