ունիմ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Verb

ունիմ (unim)

  1. Western Armenian form of ունեմ (unem)

Inflection

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ōpn- suffixed from *ōp- (to achieve). Cognates include Sanskrit अप्नस (ápnas, possession), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (apaiieiti, to obtain), Latin apiscor (I achieve), ops (power, wealth), aptus (apt). The verb is suppletive: part of the conjugation is filled by forms of կալում (kalum, I hold).

Verb

ունիմ (unim)  (aorist indicative կալայ)

  1. to have; to take, to hold, to possess, to occupy, to enjoy
    ունել զտեղիunel ztełito stand instead of, to supply the place of
    ունել զգուշութիւնunel zgušutʻiwnto take care, to watch
    ունել ի մտիunel i mtito form a design or project, to propose to oneself, to think to; to retain
    զառաջս ունելzaṙaǰs unelto oppose, to resist, to impede, to hinder; to stand or go before
    զդէմ ունելzdēm unelto make head against, to face, to resist, to oppose, to fight
    պինդ ունել զխոստովանութիւնpind unel zxostovanutʻiwnto keep the faith
    գութ ունել զմէնջgutʻ unel zmēnǰto have pity on us
    ունել զաղանդ, զուսումնunel załand, zusumnto follow the doctrine, to be of the sect of
    զի՞նչ ունիս առնելzi?nčʻ unis aṙnelwhat have you to do?
    կալ զնա զեղջերացնkal zna zełǰeracʻntake it by the horns
    ունել ի Վենետիկ քսան եւ չորս ամunel i Venetik kʻsan ew čʻors amto stay twenty four years in Venice
    հրամայեցին նմա ունել զգլուխ բազմականինhramayecʻin nma unel zglux bazmakaninthey gave him the highest place at the feast
    ի բանի մի՛ ունիքi bani mí unikʻnever mind, do not care for that
    ունել ունէին իւղ՝ այլ ...unel unēin iwł, ayl ...they had indeed oil, but ...
    խօսել կալաւxōsel kalawhe began to speak
  2. to take, to stop, to retain; to seize upon, to become master of, to subject, to subdue; to contain, to enclose; to carry, to support, to sustain
    ունել զոքunel zokʻto stop one, to seize
    ունել առ իւր զխորհուրդսunel aṙ iwr zxorhurdsto keep another's secret
    ի վայր ունել զբարկութիւնi vayr unel zbarkutʻiwnto refrain from anger, to control one's anger
    սրտմտութիւն կալաւ զնաsrtmtutʻiwn kalaw znahe was enraged
    տենդն կալաւ զնաtendn kalaw znathe fever has seized him, he has caught a fever
    ահ կալաւ զիսah kalaw zisfear seized me
    կալարո՛ւք զկիրճս ջրոցնkalarúkʻ zkirčs ǰrocʻnseize the canals!
    դիպող պատասխանեօք ունի զբերանս նոցաdipoł patasxaneōkʻ uni zberans nocʻahe silences them with opportune replies
    ունել զտուննunel ztunnto maintain the honour of the house
  3. to consider, to think to be; to relate to, to refer to
    ունել առ, իբրեւunel aṙ, ibrewto esteem, to repute, to take for, to look upon as, to regard as
    ոչ առ սուտս ունել զձեզočʻ aṙ suts unel zjezI do not take you for liars
    զանձինս առ իմաստունս ունէինzanjins aṙ imastuns unēinthey thought themselves wise
    իբրեւ զմարգարէ ունէին զնաibrew zmargarē unēin znathey looked on him as a prophet
  4. to be able, to know how
    խօսիլ ոչ ունել, ոչ ունել ասելxōsil očʻ unel, očʻ unel aselnot to know how to speak

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ունենալ (unenal), ունեմ (unem)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ունիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press