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Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain.[1][2][3] Klingenschmitt considers ննջեմ (nnǰem) an onomatopoeic formation (compare Italian ninnare).[4] Kölligan derives from Proto-Armenian *ni-nuǰ-e-, from pre-Armenian *ni-nudʰ-ye-, a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- root supposedly underlying Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō) and Lithuanian snū́sti.[5]
Verb
ննջեմ • (nnǰem)
- to sleep, to slumber, to lie down, to go to bed
- ննջել արտաքոյ ― nnǰel artakʻoy ― to lie abroad, out of doors
- ննջել բացօթեայ, ընդ աստեղօք ― nnǰel bacʻōtʻeay, ənd astełōkʻ ― to sleep in the open air, to lie under the canopy of heaven
- ննջել աչօք բացօք ― nnǰel ačʻōkʻ bacʻōkʻ ― to sleep like a hare (with open eyes)
- ննջել ի Տէր ― nnǰel i Tēr ― to go to sleep in Jesus, to rest in God
- to have sex
- ննջել ընդ կնոջ ― nnǰel ənd knoǰ ― to lie with a woman
- to repose, to rest
- (figuratively) to die, to expire, to depart this life
- ննջել ի հող մահու ― nnǰel i hoł mahu ― to sleep the sleep that knows no waking
- ննջել ընդ հարս իւր ― nnǰel ənd hars iwr ― to sleep with one's fathers
- ննջեցեալ ― nnǰecʻeal ― sleeping; dead in God, deceased, defunct
- աղօթք վասն ննջեցելոց ― ałōtʻkʻ vasn nnǰecʻelocʻ ― prayer for the dead
- պաշտօն ննջեցելոց ― paštōn nnǰecʻelocʻ ― requiem, obsequies
Conjugation
active
| infinitive
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ննջել (nnǰel)
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participle
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ննջեցեալ, ննջեալ (nnǰecʻeal, nnǰeal)
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| causative
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ննջեցուցանեմ (nnǰecʻucʻanem)
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aorist stem
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ննջեց- (nnǰecʻ-)
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| person
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| indicative
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ես
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դու
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նա
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մեք
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դուք
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նոքա
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| present
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ննջեմ (nnǰem)
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ննջես (nnǰes)
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ննջէ (nnǰē)
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ննջեմք (nnǰemkʻ)
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ննջէք (nnǰēkʻ)
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ննջեն (nnǰen)
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| imperfect
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ննջէի, ննջեի* (nnǰēi, nnǰei*)
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ննջէիր, ննջեիր* (nnǰēir, nnǰeir*)
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ննջէր (nnǰēr)
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ննջէաք, ննջեաք* (nnǰēakʻ, nnǰeakʻ*)
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ննջէիք, ննջեիք* (nnǰēikʻ, nnǰeikʻ*)
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ննջէին, ննջեին* (nnǰēin, nnǰein*)
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| aorist
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ննջեցի (nnǰecʻi)
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ննջեցեր (nnǰecʻer)
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ննջեաց (nnǰeacʻ)
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ննջեցաք (nnǰecʻakʻ)
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ննջեցէք, ննջեցիք (nnǰecʻēkʻ, nnǰecʻikʻ)
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ննջեցին (nnǰecʻin)
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| subjunctive
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ես
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դու
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նա
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մեք
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դուք
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նոքա
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| present
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ննջիցեմ (nnǰicʻem)
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ննջիցես (nnǰicʻes)
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ննջիցէ (nnǰicʻē)
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ննջիցեմք (nnǰicʻemkʻ)
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ննջիցէք (nnǰicʻēkʻ)
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ննջիցեն (nnǰicʻen)
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| aorist
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ննջեցից (nnǰecʻicʻ)
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ննջեսցես (nnǰescʻes)
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ննջեսցէ (nnǰescʻē)
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ննջեսցուք (nnǰescʻukʻ)
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ննջեսջիք (nnǰesǰikʻ)
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ննջեսցեն (nnǰescʻen)
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| imperatives
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—
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(դու)
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—
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—
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(դուք)
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—
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| imperative
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—
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ննջեա՛ (nnǰeá)
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—
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—
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ննջեցէ՛ք (nnǰecʻḗkʻ)
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—
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| cohortative
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—
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ննջեսջի՛ր (nnǰesǰír)
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—
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—
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ննջեսջի՛ք (nnǰesǰíkʻ)
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—
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| prohibitive
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—
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մի՛ ննջեր (mí nnǰer)
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—
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—
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մի՛ ննջէք (mí nnǰēkʻ)
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—
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*rare
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նինջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 452ab
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նինջ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 568b
- ^ Kocharov, Petr (2018) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Armenian group (Indo-European family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database, 76. SLEEP
- ^ Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 155
- ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2007) “Arm. nnǰem ‘to sleep’”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, volume 4, pages 25–35
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ննջեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ննջեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy