Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From խիրտ (xirt) +‎ -ն- (-n-).

Verb

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խրտնում (xrtnum)  (aorist indicative խրտեայ)

  1. (intransitive) to be scared, to take umbrage, to shy, to start aside, to take fright, to be restive
    խրտչէին միտք իմացողացնxrtčʻēin mitkʻ imacʻołacʻnit scared the mind, it was too difficult to be understood

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խրտնել (xrtnel)
  • Middle Armenian: խրտչիլ (xrtčʻil), խրտնչիլ (xrtnčʻil), խրչիլ (xrčʻil)

References

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