ցանկամ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ցանկ (cʻank).

Verb

ցանկամ (cʻankam)

  1. to desire, to wish, to envy, to covet, to long for; to desire inordinately, to covet greedily
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Aynocʻik or yElsn ē xndrocʻ ew lucmancʻ 2.65:[1][2]
      Այ՟ ամենայն զօրութիւնքն թեւաբո՛յս լինին՝ վերին առ հայրն ճանապարհի ցանկացեալք եւ բաղձացեալք։
      Ay. amenayn zōrutʻiwnkʻn tʻewabóys linin, verin aṙ hayrn čanaparhi cʻankacʻealkʻ ew bałjacʻealkʻ.
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        All the powers of God are winged, striving for and desiring the path upward to the Father.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցանկանալ (cʻankanal), ցանկալ (cʻankal)

References

  1. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 513
  2. ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement II: Questions and Answers on Exodus (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 111

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