լկնիմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open. According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *lēgn-, from the root *(s)lēg- (to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd). Among the cognates compare especially Ancient Greek λάγνος (lágnos, lecherous, lustful), Swedish slåk (morally frivolous woman, slut), Middle Dutch lak (lustful). See լոկ (lok) for more.

Verb

լկնիմ • (lknim)  (aorist indicative լկնեցայ)

  1. to be impudent, shameless, insolent
  2. to lose all sense of shame, to lay aside decency, to become shameless, to lead a debauched life
  3. to dare
  4. to assail, to affront, to attack

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • լկնութիւն (lknutʿiwn)
  • լկտի (lkti)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լքնել (lkʿnel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), լկնիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լկնիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 40
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), լկնիլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 299a
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