սկսանիմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The root is *սկիս- (*skis-), of unknown origin. +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

սկսանիմ (sksanim)

  1. to begin, to commence, to initiate, to set about, to enter upon, to start, to make one's outset
    վերստին սկսանելverstin sksanelto begin again, anew, afresh or over again; to recommence
    տալ սկսանելtal sksanelto cause to commence
  2. to give the signal for or of, to fall to, to undertake, to propose, to put in train
  3. to be born, begun or commenced

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սկսել (sksel)

References

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