Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From յանց (yancʻ) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

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յանցանեմ (yancʻanem)  (aorist indicative յանցեայ)

  1. to commit a fault, an error or crime; to transgress, to trespass, to sin
    թեթեւս յանցանելtʻetʻews yancʻanelto commit slight faults
    յանցանել ըստ մահիճս իւրyancʻanel əst mahičs iwrto defile another's bed
  2. to fall in error, to fail, to do amiss, to stumble, to go astray
  3. to abuse, to offend, to give offence, to wrong, to injure

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հանցանել (hancʻanel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յանցանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 52