կորնչիմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Suffixed verb from the root կոր- (kor-) +‎ -նչ- (-nčʻ-). The root is of unknown origin.

Verb

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կորնչիմ (kornčʻim)  (aorist indicative կորեայ)

  1. (intransitive) to be lost, to disappear
    կորեաւ յիշատակ իմkoreaw yišatak imall memory of me was lost
    կորեաւ յոյս իմkoreaw yoys immy hopes have vanished
    կորի՛ր յերեսաց իմոցkorír yeresacʻ imocʻget you gone, be gone!
  2. (intransitive) to perish, to decay, to be destroyed
    կորնչել սովամահkornčʻel sovamahto die of starvation, to be starved to death; to be dying of hunger
  3. (intransitive) to lose one's way, to lose oneself, to go astray, to err
  4. (intransitive) to go to ruin, to ruin oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կորնչիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press