Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From տեւ (tew).

Verb

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տևեմ (tewem)  (aorist indicative տեւեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to persevere, to continue
    տեւել ի մարմնիtewel i marmnito live, to subsist
  2. (intransitive) to endure, to support, to bear
    ժուժկալեալ տեւէր չարչարանացžužkaleal tewēr čʻarčʻaranacʻhe patiently suffered the tortures

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: տեւել (tewel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տևեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy