ծնանիմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ծնիմ (cnim) (intransitive sense only)

Etymology

From ծին (cin) + -ան- (-an-).

Verb

ծնանիմ (cnanim)  (aorist indicative ծնայ)

  1. (transitive) to beget; to give birth, being or life to, to bring forth a child, to lie in, to be delivered; to procreate, to produce
    ծնանել կենդանեացcnanel kendaneacʿto engender, to litter, to bring forth
    ծնանել Հօրcnanel Hōrto procreate
    որդիս ծնանելordis cnanelto bring forth a child, to be delivered of a child
    ծնաւ որդի/մանուկ արուcnaw ordi/manuk arushe brought forth or was delivered of a male
    գետք զխորս ծնանինgetkʿ zxors cnaninthe rivers nourish the sea
  2. (intransitive) to be begotten, engendered, produced, born; to originate, to arise, to spring; to pullulate, to bloom; to emanate, to issue, to proceed
    վերստին ծնանելverstin cnanelto be regenerated, born again; (figuratively) to revive, to come to life again
    վերստին ծնանել մկրտութեամբverstin cnanel mkrtutʿeambto be new-born or regenerated by Grace
    գոգցես յայն ծնեալ էր, թուէր իմն յայն ծնեալgogcʿes yayn cneal ēr, tʿuēr imn yayn cnealhe seemed born for
    երեսք որ ծնանիցին ի հայելւոջereskʿ or cnanicʿin i hayelwoǰa figure born or reflected in a mirror
    այտի ծնաւ քերթողութիւնayti cnaw kʿertʿołutʿiwnthence poetry was born

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծնանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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