մնամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From *մինամ (*minam), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *menā-ye-, from *men- (to stay, stand still).

Verb

մնամ (mnam)

  1. to remain, to stay
    բարեաւ մնա՛bareaw mnáadieu!
    բարեաւ մնալ ասելbareaw mnal aselto bid farewell, to take leave; to renounce, to forsake
    մնա՛, մնա՛յք խաղաղութեամբmná, mnáykʻ xałałutʻeambgoodbye! adieu!
    մնացեալmnacʻealremainder, rest, residue
  2. to stop, to wait, to expect
  3. to hope
  4. to rest, to be at rest
    կալ մնալkal mnalto rest, to dwell, to reside
  5. to last, to consist, to hold out
    կամ մնալkam mnalto persist, to persevere

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: մնա- (mna-), մնայ- (mnay-), մնաց- (mnacʻ-).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մնալ (mnal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մնալ”, 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 471