մեղկանամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From մեղկ (mełk) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

մեղկանամ (mełkanam)  (aorist indicative մեղկացայ)

  1. (intransitive) to soften, to become loose, to slacken, to mollify, to loosen
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to become effeminate, to give oneself up to softness or effeminacy

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղկանալ (meġkanal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղկանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy