քունեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From քուն (kʻun).

Verb

քունեմ (kʻunem)  (aorist indicative քունեցի)

  1. to sleep
  2. (figuratively) to pass away, to die
    քունել ընդ հարսkʻunel ənd harsto sleep with one's fathers
  3. to lie with, to sleep with a woman, to know her

Usage notes

In modern Armenian քունել (kʻunel) has become a vulgar word meaning “to fuck”. The form քնել (kʻnel) means “to sleep”. The etymological relation between the two is not realized.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: քնել (kʻnel), քունել (kʻunel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քունեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy