Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• լքանամ ‎(lkʿanam), լքնում ‎(lkʿnum) (in the mediopassive sense)
• լքեմ ‎(lkʿem) (in the active sense)

Verb

լքանեմ • ‎(lkʿanem)  (aorist indicative լքի)

1. (transitive) to leave, to abandon, to desert, to forsake, to quit, to give up
2. (transitive) to disable
3. (transitive) to dismantle
4. (transitive) to discourage, to dishearten
5. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to grow weak, to be disabled, to languish, to want force
6. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to despair, to be dispirited

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: լքել ‎(lkʿel), լքյալ ‎(lkʿyal)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լքանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լքանեմ”, 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), “լքանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (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, Boston: Brill, page 310