բեկանեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (to break) +‎ -ան- (-an-).[1][2][3]

Verb

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բեկանեմ (bekanem)

  1. (transitive) to break; to break to pieces; to crack, to split; to dishearten
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to break; to lose courage, to be discouraged
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to reflect, to echo

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բեկել (bekel), բեկանել (bekanel) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bekanem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 174

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բեկանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բեկանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy