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իմանամ

իմանամ

Old Armenian

Verb

իմանամ (imanam)  (aorist indicative իմացայ)

  1. to understand, to know; to conceive, to comprehend, to perceive
    իմանալ զօրութեամբimanal zōrutʿeamb ― to understand (something omitted)
  2. to feel
  3. to think, to contemplate
    զանձին իմանալ բարիzanjin imanal bari ― to 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 iracʿ imanal ― to find means, to exercise one's ingenuity, to invent
    գիտէ իմանալ զամենայն հնարսgitē imanal zamenayn hnars ― he knows how to attain his end, how to manage
  5. to think, to consider, to believe

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), իմանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), իմանամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), իմանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 165