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մեղկանամ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From մեղկ (mełk) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb

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մեղկանամ (mełkanam)  (aorist indicative մեղկացայ)

  1. (intransitive) to soften, to become loose, to slacken, to mollify, to loosen
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to become effeminate, to give oneself up to softness or effeminacy

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մեղկանալ (meġkanal) (learned)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղկանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy