անկանիմ

Old ArmenianEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Composed of the root անկ- (ank-), from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥gʷ-, zero-grade of *sengʷ- (to sink, fall), +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1][2][3]

VerbEdit

անկանիմ (ankanim)

  1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
    անկանել ընդankanel əndto sink under
    անկանել յոտս ուրուքankanel yots urukʿto throw oneself or fall at the feet of some one
    անկանել ի վերայ երեսացankanel i veray eresacʿto fall upon one's face, to prostrate
    անկանել ի միտս, զմտօք, ի սիրտankanel i mits, zmtōkʿ, i sirtto remember, to recall
    անկանել ի մտացankanel i mtacʿto become mad, to lose one's reason
    անկանել ի յուսոյankanel i yusoyto lose hope, to become desperate
    անկանել երեսացankanel eresacʿto be put out of countenance, to be abashed
    անկանել յիշխանութենէankanel yišxanutʿenēto lose one's authority, to fall from one's power
  2. (intransitive) to fall (of hair, cloths); to descend, to flow
  3. (intransitive) to get (somewhere); to find oneself (somewhere)
    անկանել ի ճանապարհ, ի չու, յուղիankanel i čanaparh, i čʿu, yułito voyage, to travel
  4. (intransitive) to chance, to happen; to fall to somebody's lot
    անկանել ի ձեռս ուրուքankanel i jeṙs urukʿto fall in the hands or power of someone
  5. (intransitive) to come together; to be fitted together; to become friends
    անկանել յոքankanel yokʿto associate with (someone), to be intimate with, to confide in
  6. (intransitive) to fall under, to become subject to (service, one's charms, bonds, illness, etc.)
    անկանել ընդankanel əndto undergo
  7. (intransitive) to pass away, to die (especially in war)
    անկանել ի կենաց, յարեւէ անկանելankanel i kenacʿ, yarewē ankanelto die, to lose one's life
  8. (intransitive) to fall to ruin, to decay, to be impaired, to decline, to fail
  9. (intransitive) to devote oneself to; to be busy with; to engage in
    անկանել զբանիւքankanel zbaniwkʿto hold a long discourse
  10. (intransitive) to fall on (enemies, etc.), to fall (of sleep, clouds, cool)
    անկանել ի վերայankanel i verayto come upon unawares, to attack, to surprise
  11. (intransitive) to steal away, to slip away, to escape
  12. (intransitive) to sin, to transgress, to fall
  13. (intransitive) to fall out with, to argue; to fight
    անկանել ընդ ումեք, ընդ միմեանս, այր ընդ այրankanel ənd umekʿ, ənd mimeans, ayr ənd ayrto come to blows, to fight, to combat, to quarrel, to dispute

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DescendantsEdit

  • Armenian: ընկնել (ənknel), իյնալ (iynal), անկյալ (ankyal)

ReferencesEdit

  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), “անկանիլ”, 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. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ankanim”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 90

Further readingEdit

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