Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From գին (gin).

Verb edit

գնեմ (gnem)  (aorist indicative գնեցի)

  1. (transitive) to buy, to purchase
    արժան գնելaržan gnelto buy cheap
    թանկագնի գնելtʻankagni gnelto buy dear
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to gain, to acquire, to earn

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գնել (gnel) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գնեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “գնեմ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press