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Etymology edit

The root is անէծ- (anēc-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd- (curse), +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1][2][3][4]

Verb edit

անիծանեմ (anicanem)

  1. (transitive) to curse, to imprecate
    անիծեալanicealcursed
  2. (transitive) to detest, to loathe, to abhor, to forswear, to deny upon oath

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անիծել (anicel), անիծյալ (anicyal)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “անէծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*anēc-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 82

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “անիծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անիծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy