ճանաչեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Through assimilation from earlier *ծանաչեմ (*canačʻem), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Possible traces of the meaning ‘sign, omen’ can be seen in ծիածան (ciacan) and ծանակ (canak); for this meaning compare Russian знак (znak).

Verb

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ճանաչեմ (čanačʻem)

  1. to know, to recognize; to be acquainted, to be aware
    չճանաչելčʻčanačʻelnot to know, to be unthankful, to forget
    ճանաչել զիրաւունսčanačʻel zirawunsto listen to reason

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճանաչել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 182ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճանաչեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 338
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 53
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճանաչեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy