թանամ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt) +‎ -ն- (-n-).

Verb

թանամ (tʻanam)

  1. (transitive) to wet, to bathe, to dip, to drench, to soak; to moisten, to bedew, to water
    թանալ զանկողին իւր արտասուօքtʻanal zankołin iwr artasuōkʻto bathe one's pillow with tears
    արտասուօք թանալ զոտս ուրուքartasuōkʻ tʻanal zots urukʻto bathe the feet with one's tears
    թանալ զսուր ի պարանոց ուրուքtʻanal zsur i paranocʻ urukʻto cut the throat, to massacre
    թանալ յարիւնս բազմացtʻanal yariwns bazmacʻto butcher, to slaughter, to shed much blood, to swim in blood
    թանալ ի գինիtʻanal i ginito soak, to steep in wine
    գնացին առանց թանալոյ ի վերայ ծովունgnacʻin aṙancʻ tʻanaloy i veray covunthey passed the sea dry-shod
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to become wet

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Armenian: թանալ (tʻanal)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 150–151
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 97
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1053