հանեմ – Classical Armenian verb conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive

Imperative

Optative

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. A relation with Hittite [script needed] (ḫan-, “to draw, scoop”) has been proposed. Another theory maintains that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂-nHe-ti, from a PIE root *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”), perhaps whence also Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō, “to draw a sword”). Alternatively, the underlying PIE nasal-infix present has been reconstructed as *peh₂-n-. The LIV does, however, consider the nasal-infix to be a more recent innovation, although it still derives the term from the same root. It is perhaps possible that the nasal-infix was formed at a later date to an original PIE root aorist. In contrast, the philologist Ronald I. Kim disputes the proposed connection with *(s)peh₂-, arguing that the nasal-infix theory presumes the replacement of an original aorist stem *ha- (from *peh₂-), which—according to Kim—contradicts other patterns regarding the development of the aorist in the Old Armenian verbal system. See: Greek, Ancient 'σπάω'.

Verbs referencing "հանեմ"

Armenian հանել, Greek, Ancient σπάω.

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