Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From խափան (xapʻan).

Verb

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խափանեմ (xapʻanem)  (aorist indicative խափանեցի)

  1. (transitive) to hinder, to stop, to impede, to obstruct, to embarrass, to cross, to delay, to interrupt
    խափանել զճանապարհն, զանցս ուրուքxapʻanel zčanaparhn, zancʻs urukʻto stop the way or passage, to stop up, to obstruct, to encumber
    խափանել զերկիրxapʻanel 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 սովորութեանxapʻanel sovorutʻeanto fall in disuse

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խափանել (xapʻanel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խափանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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