Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կանամբի (kanambi); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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կանամբի (kanambi)

  1. (rare, of a man) having a wife, married, conjugated
  2. (rare, nominalized) married man

Declension

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “կանամբի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From կանամբ (kanamb, singular instrumental of կին (kin)) +‎ (-i).

Adjective

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կանամբի (kanambi)

  1. (of a man) having a wife, married, conjugated
  2. (nominalized) married man

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կանամբի (kanambi)

See also

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կանամբի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կանամբի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-բի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48