լքանեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The present լիք- (likʻ-) +‎ -ան- (-an-) is a remodelling of Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti, nasal-infix present of *leykʷ-. The aorist ելիք (elikʻ), լիք (likʻ) is from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁é-)likʷet, thematic root aorist of *leykʷ-.

Verb

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լքանեմ (lkʻanem)

  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. (mediopassive, intransitive) to grow weak, to be disabled, to languish, to want force
  6. (mediopassive, intransitive) to despair, to be dispirited

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լքել (lkʻel), լքյալ (lkʻyal)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լքանեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 26
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լքանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 and Boston: Brill, page 310
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լքանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy