Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From գրաւ (graw).

Verb edit

գրաւեմ (grawem)

  1. to take as a security
  2. to seize, to appropriate
  3. to force, to compel
  4. to redeem (something given as a security), to ransom

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գրավել (gravel) (learned)

References edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գրաւեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրաւեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy