Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From խափան (xapʿan).

Verb edit

խափանեմ (xapʿanem)  (aorist indicative խափանեցի)

  1. (transitive) to hinder, to stop, to impede, to obstruct, to embarrass, to cross, to delay, to interrupt
    խափանել զճանապարհն, զանցս ուրուքxapʿanel zčanaparhn, zancʿs urukʿto stop the way or passage, to stop up, to obstruct, to encumber
    խափանել զերկիրxapʿanel zerkirto encumber the earth
  2. (transitive) to intercept
  3. (transitive) to interdict, to prohibit
  4. (transitive) to abolish, to abrogate, to annul, to revoke; to take away; to suppress
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be hindered, impeded, prohibited, forbidden
  6. (mediopassive, intransitive) to cease, to remain suspended; to be abolished
    խափանել սովորութեանxapʿanel sovorutʿeanto fall in disuse

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խափանել (xapʿanel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “խափանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press