Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱul- +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognate with Albanian sulem (to attack) and perhaps Russian слать (slatʹ, to send).

Verb edit

սլանամ (slanam)  (aorist indicative սլացայ)

  1. to soar, to take a lofty flight, to fly high
  2. to rush, to dart, to rush on, upon or down
    սլացեալ աստղslacʻeal astłfalling star

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սլանալ (slanal)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սլանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սլանամ”, 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) “սլանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy