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բեկանեմ

բեկանեմ

Old Armenian

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Verb

բեկանեմ (bekanem)

  1. (transitive) to break; to break to pieces; to crack, to split; to dishearten
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to break; to lose courage, to be discouraged
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to reflect, to echo

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բեկանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բեկանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bekanem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 174