բեկանեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to break”) +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1][2][3]

Verb

բեկանեմ • (bekanem)

  1. (transitive) to break; to break to pieces; to crack, to split; to dishearten
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to break; to lose courage, to be discouraged
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to reflect, to echo

Conjugation

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Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bekanem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 174

Further reading

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