Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The root is սպան- (span-), of unknown origin, +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

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սպանանեմ (spananem)

  1. (transitive) to kill, to slay, to put to death, to take away life, to assassinate, to massacre, to slaughter, to cut the throat of, to behead, to execute
    սպանանել զմիմեանսspananel zmimeansto kill each other
    սպանանել զկրակspananel zkrakto put out, to extinguish, to quench fire;
    սպանանել ձիախրոխտ ընթադրութեամբspananel jiaxroxt əntʻadrutʻeambto ride over and trample to death
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be killed, to meet one's death

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սպանել (spanel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպանանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպանանեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպանանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy