գիտեմ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian գիտեմ (gitem).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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գիտեմ (gitem)

  1. I know
    Գիտեի՞ր, որ Արտյոմը հասկանում է հայերեն։Gitei?r, or Artyomə haskanum ē hayeren.Did you know that Artyom understands Armenian?

Usage notes

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Has the combining form -գետ (-get) as in Old Armenian, e.g. քերականա-գետ (kʻerakana-get).

Conjugation

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The root is *գէտ- (*gēt-, to know), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyd- (to have seen, to know).

Verb

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գիտեմ (gitem)

  1. to know, to perceive
    ոչ գիտելočʻ gitelto be ignorant of, not to know
    քաջ, ճարտար գիտեմ զայնkʻaǰ, čartar gitem zaynI know it thoroughly
    չգիտեմčʻgitemI do not know, I am ignorant of it
    գիտասջի՛րgitasǰírknow!
    չգիտել զի՞նչ առնելčʻgitel zi?nčʻ aṙnelto be at a loss what to do
  2. to learn, to understand
  3. to feel, to recognize
    ոչ գիտէ զամօթočʻ gitē zamōtʻhe has no shame
  4. to be able
  5. to consider, to observe, to note
  6. to believe
  7. (figuratively) to know, to have a carnal connection with, to copulate
    գիտել զայր/զկինgitel zayr/zkinto lie with a man or woman

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գիտեմ (gitem), գիտենալ (gitenal), գիտնալ (gitnal)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 211
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 51