իմանամ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (to take) +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognate with Latin emo (to buy). Sense development from "to take" to "to comprehend" is common. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think) has been proposed as well, but this is unlikely, as the verb is conjugated as if -ան- (-an-) were a suffix, not part of the root.

Verb

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իմանամ (imanam)  (aorist indicative իմացայ)

  1. to understand, to know; to conceive, to comprehend, to perceive
    իմանալ զօրութեամբimanal zōrutʻeambto understand (something omitted)
  2. to feel
  3. to think, to contemplate
    զանձին իմանալ բարիzanjin imanal barito seek one's interest, to consult one's own happiness
  4. to think (of), to devise, to invent, to contrive
    հնարս իմանալ, զելս/զելս իրաց իմանալhnars imanal, zels/zels iracʻ imanalto find means, to exercise one's ingenuity, to invent
    գիտէ իմանալ զամենայն հնարսgitē imanal zamenayn hnarshe knows how to attain his end, how to manage
  5. to think, to consider, to believe

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: իմանալ (imanal), իմա (ima)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իմանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իմանամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իմանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 165