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Etymology edit

From զ- (z-) +‎ *գենում (*genum), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-nu-, nu-present of *wes-.

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զգենում (zgenum)

  1. to clothe, to dress oneself, to put on one's back, to put on, to wear, to put on clothes
    զգենուլ հանդերձ սգոյzgenul handerj sgoyto put on mourning
    զգենուլ հանդերձս ուրախութեանzgenul handerjs uraxutʻeanto put on garments of gladness
    մի՛ զգեցցի այր զգեստ կանացիmí zgecʻcʻi ayr zgest kanacʻiman shall not put on the garments of woman
    բարւոք զգենուbarwokʻ zgenuhe dresses well, with taste
    մարմին զգենուլmarmin zgenulto incarnate, to take on himself human nature
    զգենուլ զարդարութիւնzgenul zardarutʻiwnto clothe oneself with justice; to do good works
    փառս եւ պատիւ զգենուլpʻaṙs ew patiw zgenulto clothe oneself with glory and honour
    զօրութիւն զգենուլzōrutʻiwn zgenulto clothe oneself with strength, to gather strength
    զգենուլ զպատկեր ուրուքzgenul zpatker urukʻto assume the appearance of another person, to resemble

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  • Armenian: զգենալ (zgenal)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զգենում”, 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) “զգենում”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զգենում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 274
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 24