Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From գին (gin).

Verb

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գնեմ (gnem)  (aorist indicative գնեցի)

  1. (transitive) to buy, to purchase
    արժան գնելaržan gnelto buy cheap
    թանկագնի գնելtʻankagni gnelto buy dear
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to gain, to acquire, to earn

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գնել (gnel) (learned)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գնեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “գնեմ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press