Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From սասան (sasan).

Verb

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սասանեմ (sasanem)  (aorist indicative սասանեցի)

  1. (transitive) to shake, to jog, to jolt, to stagger
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to move, to astonish
    սասանեալ կալsasaneal kalto stand abashed
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to frighten, to terrify
    սասանել զոտն ուրուք յերկրէ իւրմէsasanel zotn urukʻ yerkrē iwrmēto cause a person to emigrate
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be shaken, to totter
    սասանել ի հիմանէsasanel i himanēto shake to its very foundations
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to tremble, to shudder
  6. (mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be dismayed, cast down

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սասանել (sasanel)

References

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