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մնամ

մնամ

Old Armenian

Verb

մնամ (mnam)

  1. to remain, to stay
    բարեաւ մնա՛bareaw mná ― adieu!
    բարեաւ մնալ ասելbareaw mnal asel ― to bid farewell, to take leave; to renounce, to forsake
    մնա՛, մնա՛յք խաղաղութեամբmná, mnáykʿ xałałutʿeamb ― goodbye! adieu!
    մնացեալmnacʿeal ― remainder, rest, residue
  2. to stop, to wait, to expect
  3. to hope
  4. to rest, to be at rest
    կալ մնալkal mnal ― to rest, to dwell, to reside
  5. to last, to consist, to hold out
    կամ մնալkam mnal ― to persist, to persevere

Conjugation

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: մնա- (mna-), մնայ- (mnay-), մնաց- (mnacʿ-).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մնալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 471