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Etymology edit

The root is ոստ- (ost-), of uncertain origin, +‎ -ն- (-n-).

Verb edit

ոստնում (ostnum)  (aorist indicative ոստեայ)

  1. (intransitive) to leap, to jump, to take a leap, to bound, to gambol, to skip, to caper
  2. (intransitive) to spring on or at, to rush or fall upon
  3. (intransitive) to rush forward, to fly at

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ոստնել (ostnel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոստնում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press