Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Suffixed from մեղ (meł) +‎ -նչ- (-nčʻ-).

Verb

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մեղանչեմ (mełančʻem)  (aorist indicative մեղայ)

  1. (intransitive) to sin, to commit crime or fault, to transgress, to do amiss, to offend, to fail in duty, to err
    մահուչափ մեղանչելmahučʻapʻ mełančʻelto sin mortally
    ծանունս մեղանչելcanuns mełančʻelto sin grievously
    թեթեւս մեղանչելtʻetʻews mełančʻelto sin lightly or venially
    զի՞ մեղայzi? mełaywhat have I done?
  2. (transitive) to mistake, to wrong, to injure, to aggrieve, to do injury or harm, to harm, to be hurtful, to hurt, to be prejudicial or injurious to

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մեղանչել (meġančʻel), մեղա (meġa) (learned)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղանչեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեղանչեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys