պրծանիմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փրծանիմ (pʻrcanim)
  • փրթանիմ (pʻrtʻanim)

Etymology

The root is պուրծ- (purc-) (variants փուրթ- (pʻurtʻ-) and փուրծ- (pʻurc-)), whose origin is unknown. Ačaṙean proposes that it may be of the same origin as the root of ապրիմ (aprim).

Verb

պրծանիմ • (prcanim)

  1. to escape, to evade
    պրծանել ի ձեռացprcanel i jeṙacʻto escape from
    պրծանել յուշոյprcanel yušoyto fade from memory, to be forgotten

Conjugation

mediopassive
infinitive պրծանել, պրծանիլ* (prcanel, prcanil*) participle պրծեալ (prceal)
causative aorist stem պրծ- (prc-)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative
present պրծանիմ (prcanim) պրծանիս (prcanis) պրծանի (prcani) պրծանիմք (prcanimkʻ) պրծանիք (prcanikʻ) պրծանին (prcanin)
imperfect պրծանէի (prcanēi) պրծանէիր (prcanēir) պրծանէր, պրծանիւր (prcanēr, prcaniwr) պրծանէաք (prcanēakʻ) պրծանէիք (prcanēikʻ) պրծանէին (prcanēin)
aorist պրծայ (prcay) պրծար (prcar) պրծաւ (prcaw) պրծաք (prcakʻ) պրծայք (prcaykʻ) պրծան (prcan)
subjunctive
present պրծանիցիմ (prcanicʻim) պրծանիցիս (prcanicʻis) պրծանիցի (prcanicʻi) պրծանիցիմք (prcanicʻimkʻ) պրծանիցիք (prcanicʻikʻ) պրծանիցին (prcanicʻin)
aorist պրծայց (prcaycʻ) պրծցիս (prccʻis) պրծցի (prccʻi) պրծցուք (prccʻukʻ) պրծջիք (prcǰikʻ) պրծցին (prccʻin)
imperatives
imperative պրծի՛ր (prcír) պրծարո՛ւք (prcarúkʻ)
cohortative պրծջի՛ր (prcǰír) պրծջի՛ք (prcǰíkʻ)
prohibitive մի՛ պրծանիր (mí prcanir) մի՛ պրծանիք (mí prcanikʻ)
  • post-classical
    the aorist can also be պրծեայ (prceay), պրծեաւ (prceaw), etc.

Derived terms

  • պրծեմ (prcem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պրծնել (prcnel), պրծիլ (prcil)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պրծանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պրծանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy