լքանեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Remodelling of Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti, nasal-infix present of *leykʷ-. Synchronically լիք- (likʿ-) + -ան- (-an-). The aorist ելիք (elikʿ), լիք (likʿ) is from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁é)-likʷet, thematic root aorist of *leykʷ-.

Verb

լքանեմ (lkʿanem)

  1. (transitive) to leave, to abandon, to desert, to forsake, to quit, to give up
  2. (transitive) to disable
  3. (transitive) to dismantle
  4. (transitive) to discourage, to dishearten
  5. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to grow weak, to be disabled, to languish, to want force
  6. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to despair, to be dispirited

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • անլքանելի (anlkʿaneli)
  • բացալքանեմ (bacʿalkʿanem)
  • բացալքեմ (bacʿalkʿem)
  • դասալիք (dasalikʿ)
  • դասալքութիւն (dasalkʿutʿiwn)
  • լքանոտ (lkʿanot)
  • լքեցուցանեմ (lkʿecʿucʿanem)
  • լքութիւն (lkʿutʿiwn)
  • լքումն (lkʿumn)
  • լքուցանեմ (lkʿucʿanem)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լքանեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 26
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լքանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 310
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լքանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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