Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sed-s-, sigmatic aorist of *sed- (to sit) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

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հեծանիմ (hecanim)  (aorist indicative հեծայ)

  1. (intransitive) to mount, to ride (a horse, a pack-animal); to come on board
    հեծանել ի կառսhecanel i kaṙsto mount or enter a carriage or vehicle
    հեծանել ի ձիhecanel i jito ride, to mount on horseback
    հեծանել ի նաւhecanel i nawto go on shipboard, to embark
    անհամետ հեծանելanhamet hecanelto ride bare-back
    յորս հեծանելyors hecanelto go a hunting or shooting
    զհետ հեծանելzhet hecanelto chase, to give chase to, to persecute, to set off in pursuit of, to pursue
    յաւար հեծանելyawar hecanelto plunder, to pillage, to sack
    ապրեցաւ հեծեալ ձիովaprecʻaw heceal jiovhe fled on horseback

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հեծնել (hecnel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեծանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 402