# սպրդեմ
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* սպրծեմ (sprcem)
* սպրդիմ (sprdim), սպրդանեմ (sprdanem) (intransitive sense only)

### Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *sperdʰ- (“to run away or to compete in speed”), either as an inheritance or a borrowing from the Hittite cognate [script needed] (iš-par-zi-zi /⁠išpartzi⁠/, “to escape, to get away”), but the meaning of the Armenian word does not fit. Note that the sense “to slip away, escape” is found only in modern Armenian.

### Verb

սպրդեմ • (sprdem)
* (transitive) to insinuate, introduce furtively
* (intransitive) to introduce, insinuate or worm oneself in, glide or creep into, penetrate, dive into

#### Derived terms

* սպրդութիւն (sprdutʻiwn)
* սպրդումն (sprdumn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: սպրդել (sprdel)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպրդել”, 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, page 267
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սպրդ(ան)ել”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 693a
* ↑ Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 37
* ↑ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 139
* ↑ Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 200
* ↑ Schultheiss, Tassilo (1961) “Hethitisch und Armenisch”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen‎, number 77, page 222
* ↑ Puhvel, Jaan (1984) Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 1), volume II, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, pages 449–450
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 774
* ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
* ↑ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
* ↑ Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎ (in German), volume 10, number 2, page 115
* ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1883) Armenische Studien. 1/1. Grundzüge der armenischen Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 14

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպրդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպրդիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպրդիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպրդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy