Old Armenian

Verb

սասանեմ • ‎(sasanem)  (aorist indicative սասանեցի)

1. (transitive) to shake, to jog, to jolt, to stagger
2. (transitive, figuratively) to move, to astonish

   սասանեալ կալ‎ ― sasaneal kal ― to stand abashed

3. (transitive, figuratively) to frighten, to terrify

   սասանել զոտն ուրուք յերկրէ իւրմէ‎ ― sasanel zotn urukʿ yerkrē iwrmē ― to cause a person to emigrate

4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to be shaken, to totter

   սասանել ի հիմանէ‎ ― sasanel i himanē ― to shake to its very foundations

5. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to tremble, to shudder
6. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be dismayed, cast down

Conjugation

Descendants

• Armenian: սասանել ‎(sasanel)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սասանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սասան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935