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Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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 əntʿadrutʿeambto ride over and trample to death
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be killed, to meet one's death

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սպանել (spanel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “սպանանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սպանանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy