թանամ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թանուիմ (tʿanuim) (in the mediopassive sense)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt) + -ն- (-n-).

Verb

թանամ (tʿanam)

  1. (transitive) to wet, to bathe, to dip, to drench, to soak; to moisten, to bedew, to water
    թանալ զանկողին իւր արտասուօքtʿanal zankołin iwr artasuōkʿto bathe one's pillow with tears
    արտասուօք թանալ զոտս ուրուքartasuōkʿ tʿanal zots urukʿto bathe the feet with one's tears
    թանալ զսուր ի պարանոց ուրուքtʿanal zsur i paranocʿ urukʿto cut the throat, to massacre
    թանալ յարիւնս բազմացtʿanal yariwns bazmacʿto butcher, to slaughter, to shed much blood, to swim in blood
    թանալ ի գինիtʿanal i ginito soak, to steep in wine
    գնացին առանց թանալոյ ի վերայ ծովունgnacʿin aṙancʿ tʿanaloy i veray covunthey passed the sea dry-shod
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to become wet

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • անթաց (antʿacʿ)
  • անձրեւաթաց (anjrewatʿacʿ)
  • արտասուաթաց (artasuatʿacʿ)
  • թանաք (tʿanakʿ)
  • թաց (tʿacʿ)
  • թացանամ (tʿacʿanam)
  • թացութիւն (tʿacʿutʿiwn)
  • թացուցանեմ (tʿacʿucʿanem)
  • ծայրաթաց (cayratʿacʿ)
  • ծովաթաց (covatʿacʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 150–151
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 97
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1053
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