գիտեմ

• գիդեմ (gidem) — dialectal

Inherited from Old Armenian գիտեմ (gitem).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈtem/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kiˈdem/,

գիտեմ • (gitem)

1. I know

   Գիտեի՞ր, որ Արտյոմը հասկանում է հայերեն։ ― Gitei^?r, or Artyomə haskanum ē hayeren. ― Did you know that Artyom understands Armenian?

Has the combining form -գետ (-get) as in Old Armenian, e.g. քերականա-գետ (kʻerakana-get).

• գիտենամ (gitenam), գիտանամ (gitanam)

The root is *գէտ- (*gēt-, “to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyd- (“to have seen, to know”).

գիտեմ • (gitem)

1. to know, to perceive

   ոչ գիտել ― očʻ gitel ― to be ignorant of, not to know

   քաջ, ճարտար գիտեմ զայն ― kʻaǰ, čartar gitem zayn ― I know it thoroughly

   չգիտեմ ― čʻgitem ― I do not know, I am ignorant of it

   գիտասջի՛ր ― gitasǰír ― know!

   չգիտել զի՞նչ առնել ― čʻgitel zi^?nčʻ aṙnel ― to be at a loss what to do

2. to learn, to understand
3. to feel, to recognize

   ոչ գիտէ զամօթ ― očʻ gitē zamōtʻ ― he has no shame

4. to be able
5. to consider, to observe, to note
6. to believe
7. (figuratively) to know, to have a carnal connection with, to copulate

   գիտել զայր/զկին ― gitel zayr/zkin ― to lie with a man or woman

• Armenian: գիտեմ (gitem), գիտենալ (gitenal), գիտնալ (gitnal)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn , Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 211
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 51