անկանիմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Composed of the root անկ- (ank-), from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥gʷ-, zero-grade of *sengʷ- (to sink, fall), +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1][2][3]

Verb

անկանիմ (ankanim)

  1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
    անկանել ընդankanel əndto sink under
    անկանել յոտս ուրուքankanel yots urukʻto throw oneself or fall at the feet of some one
    անկանել ի վերայ երեսացankanel i veray eresacʻto fall upon one's face, to prostrate
    անկանել ի միտս, զմտօք, ի սիրտankanel i mits, zmtōkʻ, i sirtto remember, to recall
    անկանել ի մտացankanel i mtacʻto become mad, to lose one's reason
    անկանել ի յուսոյankanel i yusoyto lose hope, to become desperate
    անկանել երեսացankanel eresacʻto be put out of countenance, to be abashed
    անկանել յիշխանութենէankanel yišxanutʻenēto lose one's authority, to fall from one's power
  2. (intransitive) to fall (of hair, cloths); to descend, to flow
  3. (intransitive) to get (somewhere); to find oneself (somewhere)
    անկանել ի ճանապարհ, ի չու, յուղիankanel i čanaparh, i čʻu, yułito voyage, to travel
  4. (intransitive) to chance, to happen; to fall to somebody's lot
    անկանել ի ձեռս ուրուքankanel i jeṙs urukʻto fall in the hands or power of someone
  5. (intransitive) to come together; to be fitted together; to become friends
    անկանել յոքankanel yokʻto associate with (someone), to be intimate with, to confide in
  6. (intransitive) to fall under, to become subject to (service, one's charms, bonds, illness, etc.)
    անկանել ընդankanel əndto undergo
  7. (intransitive) to pass away, to die (especially in war)
    անկանել ի կենաց, յարեւէ անկանելankanel i kenacʻ, yarewē ankanelto die, to lose one's life
  8. (intransitive) to fall to ruin, to decay, to be impaired, to decline, to fail
  9. (intransitive) to devote oneself to; to be busy with; to engage in
    անկանել զբանիւքankanel zbaniwkʻto hold a long discourse
  10. (intransitive) to fall on (enemies, etc.), to fall (of sleep, clouds, cool)
    անկանել ի վերայankanel i verayto come upon unawares, to attack, to surprise
  11. (intransitive) to steal away, to slip away, to escape
  12. (intransitive) to sin, to transgress, to fall
  13. (intransitive) to fall out with, to argue; to fight
    անկանել ընդ ումեք, ընդ միմեանս, այր ընդ այրankanel ənd umekʻ, ənd mimeans, ayr ənd ayrto come to blows, to fight, to combat, to quarrel, to dispute

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ընկնել (ənknel), իյնալ (iynal), անկյալ (ankyal)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անկանիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ankanim”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 90

Further reading

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