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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (to take) +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognate with Latin emo (to buy). Sense development from "to take" to "to comprehend" is common. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think) has been proposed as well, but this is unlikely, as the verb is conjugated as if -ան- (-an-) were a suffix, not part of the root.

Verb edit

իմանամ (imanam)  (aorist indicative իմացայ)

  1. to understand, to know; to conceive, to comprehend, to perceive
    իմանալ զօրութեամբimanal zōrutʻeambto understand (something omitted)
  2. to feel
  3. to think, to contemplate
    զանձին իմանալ բարիzanjin imanal barito seek one's interest, to consult one's own happiness
  4. to think (of), to devise, to invent, to contrive
    հնարս իմանալ, զելս/զելս իրաց իմանալhnars imanal, zels/zels iracʻ imanalto find means, to exercise one's ingenuity, to invent
    գիտէ իմանալ զամենայն հնարսgitē imanal zamenayn hnarshe knows how to attain his end, how to manage
  5. to think, to consider, to believe

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: իմանալ (imanal), իմա (ima)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իմանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իմանամ”, 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) “իմանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 165