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ագանիմ

ագանիմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հագանիմ (haganim) (post-classical)
  • հագնիմ (hagnim) (post-classical)

Verb

ագանիմ (aganim)

  1. to clothe or dress oneself, to wear, to put on (clothes or shoes)
    ագանել զրահսaganel zrahs ― to put on a breastplate or cuirass
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ագուցիկ (agucʿik)
  • ագուցիչ (agucʿičʿ)
Descendants

Etymology 2

The root is ագ- (ag-), from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-, from *h₂wes- (to spend the night), + -ան- (-an-). Related to օթ (ōtʿ).

Verb

ագանիմ (aganim)

  1. to take lodgings, to pass the night, to sojourn, to dwell; to stay
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • օթագայանամ (ōtʿagayanam)
  • օթագայեմ (ōtʿagayem)
  • օթագայիմ (ōtʿagayim)
  • օթագան (ōtʿagan)
  • օթագանամ (ōtʿaganam)
  • օթագանիմ (ōtʿaganim)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ագանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ագանիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aganim₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 3–4