Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The root is շէջ- (šēǰ-), of uncertain origin, +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb edit

շիջանիմ (šiǰanim)

  1. (intransitive) to go out, to be extinguished or quenched
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be dimmed, obscured
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to pass away, to cease, to be buried in oblivion
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to cool, to grow cool, to be quenched, to become extinct
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to die peaceably

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շիջել (šiǰel)

References edit

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