նայիմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From նի- (ni-) +‎ հայիմ (hayim).

Verb[edit]

նայիմ (nayim)  (aorist indicative նայեցայ)

  1. to look at, to cast the eyes on; to gaze at, to stare at; to view, to gaze on, to behold
  2. to perceive by the mind, to apprehend
  3. (figuratively) to mind, to take care, to be careful

Usage notes[edit]

See the Usage Notes in հայիմ (hayim).

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: նայել (nayel)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “նայիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “նայիլ”, 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 499