lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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Ràjd.

to digress by saying something-acc to someone-dat, to say something-acc to someone-dat incidentally, by the way

Usage notes

This word is typically used as a main predicate. It denotes that its accusative object is just a parenthetical statement not central to the current subject. See pragmatics page III, Utterance modifiers: Verbs of communication.

Etymology

NLem, LMLem, MLem Rand‑a
OLem ghand‑ ‘abduct’
PLem *gghand‑ ‘take, seize’, nasal-infix present of
PIE *gʰed‑

doublet of Ràzw.

Cognates

Eng get, Lat pre‑hendō ‘take, seize’