Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From խից (xicʻ).

Verb edit

խնում (xnum)  (aorist indicative խցի)

  1. (transitive) to cork, to stop, to bung
  2. (transitive) to close, to shut
    խնուլ զբերան ուրուքxnul zberan urukʻto put to silence
    խնուլ զպատուհան լսելեացxnul zpatuhan lseleacʻto turn a deaf ear to, to refuse to listen
  3. (transitive) to oppilate, to constipate

Conjugation edit

References edit

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