ἀραρίσκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (to fit) and suffixed with -σκω (-skō).[1] The aorist form of this verb, ἤρᾰρον (ḗrăron), may derive from a Proto-Indo-European reduplicated thematic aorist *h₂eh₂ret, perhaps whence also Old Armenian արար- (arar-), the aorist stem of առնեմ (aṙnem). Alternatively, the linguist Petr Kocharov argues that the Armenian aorist is better equated with Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρήρη (ărḗrē), thereby isolating the Greek reduplicated aorist.[2] According to the linguist Jay Jasanoff, the term ἀραρίσκω (ararískō) may have emerged by analogy to terms such as εὑρίσκω (heurískō), which also has a reduplicated aorist.[3]

Cognates include Old Armenian արարի (arari, I did), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (arəm), and Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀραρίσκω • (ararískō)

  1. (transitive)
    1. join, fasten
    2. fit together, construct
      1. prepare, contrive
    3. fit, equip, furnish
      1. please, gratify
    4. make fit, make pleasing
  2. (intransitive)
    1. to be joined closely together
      1. to be fixed
    2. to fit or suit
    3. to be fitted with, furnished with
    4. to be fitted, suiting, agreeable, pleasing

Usage notes

The present, imperfect, future, and aorist 1 active forms govern the transitive senses, while the middle tenses, aorist 2 and active perfect and pluperfect forms govern the intransitive.

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀραρίσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
  2. ^ Kocharov, P. (2019-05-02) Old Armenian nasal verbs: Archaisms and innovations (Thesis)‎[1], pages 110-111
  3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay H. (27 November 2023), “The origin of Attic Reduplication”, in Indo-European Linguistics[2], volume 11, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48-49

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