Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• անգանիմ ‎(anganim)
• ընկանիմ ‎(ənkanim)

Verb

անկանիմ • ‎(ankanim)  (aorist indicative անկայ)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop

   անկանել ընդ‎ ― ankanel ənd ― to sink under

   անկանել յոտս ուրուք‎ ― ankanel yots urukʿ ― to throw one's self or fall at the feet of some one

   անկանել ի վերայ երեսաց‎ ― ankanel i veray eresacʿ ― to fall upon one's face, to prostrate

   անկանել ի միտս, զմտօք, ի սիրտ‎ ― ankanel i mits, zmtōkʿ, i sirt ― to remember, to recall

   անկանել ի մտաց‎ ― ankanel i mtacʿ ― to become mad, to lose one's reason

   անկանել ի յուսոյ‎ ― ankanel i yusoy ― to lose hope, to become desperate

   անկանել երեսաց‎ ― ankanel eresacʿ ― to be put out of countenance, to be abashed

   անկանել յիշխանութենէ‎ ― ankanel yišxanutʿenē ― to lose one's authority, to fall from one's power

2. (intransitive) to fall (of hair, cloths); to descend, to flow
3. (intransitive) to get (somewhere); to find oneself (somewhere)

   անկանել ի ճանապարհ, ի չու, յուղի‎ ― ankanel i čanaparh, i čʿu, yułi ― to voyage, to travel

4. (intransitive) to chance, to happen; to fall to somebody's lot

   անկանել ի ձեռս ուրուք‎ ― ankanel i jeṙs urukʿ ― to fall in the hands or power of someone

5. (intransitive) to come together; to be fitted together; to become friends

   անկանել յոք‎ ― ankanel yokʿ ― to associate with (someone), to be intimate with, to confide in

6. (intransitive) to fall under, to become subject to (service, one's charms, bonds, illness, etc.)

   անկանել ընդ‎ ― ankanel ənd ― to undergo

7. (intransitive) to pass away, to die (especially in war)

   անկանել ի կենաց, յարեւէ անկանել‎ ― ankanel i kenacʿ, yarewē ankanel ― to die, to lose one's life

8. (intransitive) to fall to ruin, to decay, to be impaired, to decline, to fail
9. (intransitive) to devote oneself to; to be busy with; to engage in

   անկանել զբանիւք‎ ― ankanel zbaniwkʿ ― to hold a long discourse

10. (intransitive) to fall on (enemies, etc.), to fall (of sleep, clouds, cool)

    անկանել ի վերայ‎ ― ankanel i veray ― to come upon unawares, to attack, to surprise

11. (intransitive) to steal away, to slip away, to escape
12. (intransitive) to sin, to transgress, to fall
13. (intransitive) to fall out with, to argue; to fight

    անկանել ընդ ումեք, ընդ միմեանս, այր ընդ այր‎ ― ankanel ənd umekʿ, ənd mimeans, ayr ənd ayr ― to come to blows, to fight, to combat, to quarrel, to dispute

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ընկնել ‎(ənknel)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անկանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անկանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անկանիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ankanim”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 90