հիւծանիմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The root is հիւծ- (hiwc-), of uncertain origin, +‎ -ան- (-an-). But compare Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (siukan), modern English sick.

Verb[edit]

հիւծանիմ (hiwcanim)  (aorist indicative հիւծայ)

  1. to grow lean, to get thin, to shrink, to waste, to fall or pine away, to wither, to languish, to droop, to dwindle away, to decay
    հիւծանել լուսնիhiwcanel lusnito wane
    հիւծեալhiwceallean, meagre, poor, thin, puny
    լուսին հիւծեալlusin hiwcealwaning moon

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հյուծել (hyucel), հյուծվել (hyucvel)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւծանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւծանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press