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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Verb
գնամ • (gnam)
- to go, to walk
- գնալ զկնի, զհետ գնալ ― gnal zkni, zhet gnal ― to follow
- գնալ զճանապարհ, զճանապարհաւ, ընդ ճանապարհ զկողմամբք ― gnal zčanaparh, zčanaparhaw, ənd čanaparh zkołmambkʻ ― to walk
- գնալ ի վերայ ջրոց ― gnal i veray ǰrocʻ ― to swim
- գնալ ի չորս ― gnal i čʻors ― to go on hands and feet, to grope
- որ գնայ ի ձեռս/ի վերայ ձեռաց ― or gnay i jeṙs/i veray jeṙacʻ ― that walks on its hands
- յապականութիւն անցեալ գնալ ― yapakanutʻiwn ancʻeal gnal ― to be corrupted
- ի բաց գնալ ― i bacʻ gnal ― to go away; to depart
- գնամ յաշխարհէ ― gnam yašxarhē ― to die
- ոչ ինչ գնան առ նոսա բանք սպառնալեացն ― očʻ inčʻ gnan aṙ nosa bankʻ spaṙnaleacʻn ― the threats make no impression on them
- ընդդէմ գնալ ― ənddēm gnal ― to resist
- գնալ արուեստի ― gnal aruesti ― to be in use, vogue or fashion
- գնացեալ ― gnacʻeal ― deceased
- to pass, to flow, to flow away (of water, life)
- գործք գնացեալք ― gorckʻ gnacʻealkʻ ― things that are past
- ի գնացելում աւուր ― i gnacʻelum awur ― yesterday, the other day
- to behave oneself, to conduct oneself
Usage notes
The word has the following combining forms: գնայ- (gnay-), գնա- (gna-), գնաց- (gnacʻ-).
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գնամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գնալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press