Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From գէշ (gēš) +‎ -ատ- (-at-).

Verb edit

գիշատեմ (gišatem)  (aorist indicative գիշատեցի)

  1. to tear, to devour
    գիշատել զմիմեանսgišatel zmimeansto tear each other, to tear one another to pieces

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գիշատել (gišatel) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիշատեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy