Indicative
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | արկի |
| 2nd sing. | արկեր |
| 3rd sing. | արկ; էարկ |
| 1st plur. | արկաք |
| 2nd plur. | արկէք; արկիք |
| 3rd plur. | արկին |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | arki |
| 2nd sing. | arker |
| 3rd sing. | ark; eark |
| 1st plur. | arkak` |
| 2nd plur. | arkek`; arkik` |
| 3rd plur. | arkin |
Past Imperfective
| 1st sing. | արկանէի; արկանեի |
| 2nd sing. | արկանէիր; արկանեիր |
| 3rd sing. | արկանէր |
| 1st plur. | արկանէաք; արկանեաք |
| 2nd plur. | արկանէիք; արկանեիք |
| 3rd plur. | արկանէին; արկանեին |
Past Imperfective
| 1st sing. | arkanei; arkanei |
| 2nd sing. | arkaneir; arkaneir |
| 3rd sing. | arkaner |
| 1st plur. | arkaneak`; arkaneak` |
| 2nd plur. | arkaneik`; arkaneik` |
| 3rd plur. | arkanein; arkanein |
Present
| 1st sing. | արկանեմ |
| 2nd sing. | արկանես |
| 3rd sing. | արկանէ |
| 1st plur. | արկանեմք |
| 2nd plur. | արկանէք |
| 3rd plur. | արկանեն |
Present
| 1st sing. | arkanem |
| 2nd sing. | arkanes |
| 3rd sing. | arkane |
| 1st plur. | arkanemk` |
| 2nd plur. | arkanek` |
| 3rd plur. | arkanen |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | արկանիցեմ |
| 2nd sing. | արկանիցես |
| 3rd sing. | արկանիցէ |
| 1st plur. | արկանիցեմք |
| 2nd plur. | արկանիցէք |
| 3rd plur. | արկանիցեն |
Present
| 1st sing. | arkanits`em |
| 2nd sing. | arkanits`es |
| 3rd sing. | arkanits`e |
| 1st plur. | arkanits`emk` |
| 2nd plur. | arkanits`ek` |
| 3rd plur. | arkanits`en |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | արկից |
| 2nd sing. | արկցես |
| 3rd sing. | արկցէ |
| 1st plur. | արկցուք |
| 2nd plur. | արկջիք |
| 3rd plur. | արկցեն |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | arkits` |
| 2nd sing. | arkts`es |
| 3rd sing. | arkts`e |
| 1st plur. | arkts`owk` |
| 2nd plur. | arkjik` |
| 3rd plur. | arkts`en |
Imperative
Affirmative
| 2nd sing. | ա՛րկ |
| 2nd plur. | արկէ՛ք |
Affirmative
| 2nd sing. | a'rk |
| 2nd plur. | arke'k` |
Negative
| 2nd sing. | մի՛ արկաներ |
| 2nd plur. | մի՛ արկանէք |
Negative
| 2nd sing. | mi' arkaner |
| 2nd plur. | mi' arkanek` |
Optative
| 2nd sing. | արկջի՛ր |
| 2nd plur. | արկջի՛ք |
| 2nd sing. | arkji'r |
| 2nd plur. | arkji'k` |
Etymology
The root is արկ- (ark-), from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *hark-, *ark-, + -ան- (-an-). Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐- (har^ək-, “to send out, to let out”), Sanskrit सृक (sṛká, “arrow”). The original sense is “to throw, to cast”, but has gained many other meanings by extension and is richly used in idioms. Post-classically has also been attested independently: արկ (ark, “something thrown”).
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