գտանեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The root is *գիտ- (*git-), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, +‎ -ան- (-an-). See also եգիտ (egit).

Verb

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գտանեմ (gtanem)

  1. (transitive) to find, to invent, to discover, to find out
  2. (transitive) to gain, to have
    գտանել շնորհս առաջի ուրուքgtanel šnorhs aṙaǰi urukʻto gain or acquire the heart, friendship, goodwill of some one; to regain the favour of some one
  3. (transitive) to meet
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to find oneself; to appear, to show oneself
    գտանիմ հաւատարիմgtanim hawatarimto be faithful

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գտնել (gtnel)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիւտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գտանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy