Old Armenian

edit

Etymology

edit

From մեղկ (mełk) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

edit

մեղկանամ (mełkanam)  (aorist indicative մեղկացայ)

  1. (intransitive) to soften, to become loose, to slacken, to mollify, to loosen
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to become effeminate, to give oneself up to softness or effeminacy

Conjugation

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Armenian: մեղկանալ (meġkanal)

References

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