շնորհեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

A denominative from շնորհ (šnorh, grace, kindness).

Verb

շնորհեմ (šnorhem)  (aorist indicative շնորհեցի)

  1. (transitive) to grant, to give as a gift, to bestow, to concede, to remit, to forgive, to (grant) pardon
    չշնորհեմčʻšnorhemto refuse, not to grant, to withhold, to deny
    դու ինձ շնորհեցեր կեանսdu inj šnorhecʻer keansI owe you my life
  2. (transitive) to do or speak according to a person's known proclivities, to seek to please, to shew a particular regard for, to favour, to flatter, to adulate, to wheedle
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be granted, to be given (as a gift)
    ի բարութենէ իմմէ շնորհին կեանք ձերi barutʻenē immē šnorhin keankʻ jeryou owe your life to my forbearance

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Descendants

  • Armenian: շնորհել (šnorhel)

References

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