# գոմ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɡom/, [ɡom]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /kom/, [kʰom]

### Noun

գոմ • (gom)
* cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

#### Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʻarax) 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 (gomicʻ) | գոմերից (gomericʻ) |
| instrumental | գոմով (gomov) | գոմերով (gomerov) |
| locative | գոմում (gomum) | գոմերում (gomerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | գոմը/գոմն (gomə/gomn) | գոմերը/գոմերն (gomerə/gomern) |
| dative | գոմին (gomin) | գոմերին (gomerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | գոմս (goms) | գոմերս (gomers) |
| dative | գոմիս (gomis) | գոմերիս (gomeris) |
| ablative | գոմիցս (gomicʻs) | գոմերիցս (gomericʻs) |
| instrumental | գոմովս (gomovs) | գոմերովս (gomerovs) |
| locative | գոմումս (gomums) | գոմերումս (gomerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | գոմդ (gomd) | գոմերդ (gomerd) |
| dative | գոմիդ (gomid) | գոմերիդ (gomerid) |
| ablative | գոմիցդ (gomicʻd) | գոմերիցդ (gomericʻd) |
| instrumental | գոմովդ (gomovd) | գոմերովդ (gomerovd) |
| locative | գոմումդ (gomumd) | գոմերումդ (gomerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* գոմաղբ (gomaġb)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: kom
* → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
* → Turkish: köm, kom (Eastern regions)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

գոմ • (gom)
* fold or stall for sheep or cattle

##### Derived terms

* գոմամուտ (gomamut)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: գոմ (gom)
** → Azerbaijani: kom
** → Northern Kurdish: gom, gov
** → Turkish: köm, kom (Eastern regions)

#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 574–575, follows Lidén
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

#### Verb

գոմ • (gom)
* to be, to exist, to subsist
    գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէ ― gucʻē, gucʻē erbēkʻ, gucʻē tʻē ― perhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէ ― mí gucʻē ― lest, for fear that; that it may not

##### Usage notes

* Only the inflected forms գոյ (goy), գոն (gon), գոյր (goyr), գուցէ (gucʻē) are from the classical period.
* The verb is defective.
* This is the only o-stem verb in Old Armenian.

##### Synonyms

* լինիմ (linim), եղանիմ (ełanim)

##### Derived terms

* ներգոմ (nergom)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: գուցե (gucʻe), միգուցե (migucʻe)

#### References

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