Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti, +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb edit

հարցանեմ (harcʻanem)

  1. (transitive) to ask, to inquire, to interrogate, to question
    հարցանել ի Տեառնէharcʻanel i Teaṙnēto consult the Lord
    հարցանել զողջունէ ուրուքharcʻanel zołǰunē urukʻto ask news of, or about some one
    հարցանել զումեքէ ի խաղաղութիւնharcʻanel zumekʻē i xałałutʻiwnto salute with gentle words
    հարցանել զոք բանիւք բազմօքharcʻanel zokʻ baniwkʻ bazmōkʻto overload with questions

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հարցնել (harcʻnel)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հարց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հարցանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 396
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հարցանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy