մեռանիմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From մեռ- (meṙ-), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-s-, sigmatic aorist of *mer- (to die), +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb[edit]

մեռանիմ (meṙanim)  (aorist indicative մեռայ)

  1. to die, to expire, to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost, to depart this life, to pay the last debt to nature
    մահու մեռանելmahu meṙanelto be punished with death, to suffer capital punishment
    մեռանել ի մարտ պատերազմիmeṙanel i mart paterazmito die on the breach, to be slain in action
    մեռանել ի վերայ ազգին, ի սէր հայրենեացmeṙanel i veray azgin, i sēr hayreneacʻto die for one's country
    մեռանել քաջութեամբ, պատուովmeṙanel kʻaǰutʻeamb, patuovto die on the field of honor
    մերձ է ի մեռանելmerj ē i meṙanelhe is at the last gasp, he is expiring, dying
    որպէս կեայ ոք այնպէս եւ մեռանիorpēs keay okʻ aynpēs ew meṙanipeople generally die as they live
  2. to mortify one's body

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեռանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեռանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 463