Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծեփեմ (cepʻem).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ծեփել (cepʻel)

  1. to mortar, to plaster, to daub
  2. to putty
  3. to bake cow dung on walls
  4. to splash, to splatter, to spatter (e.g., paint on a canvas)
  5. to slam (to hit hard, e.g., a door)
  6. to smash, to hit, to slap, to beat
  7. to bind, to fasten, to fix
  8. to stick, to glue
  9. (figuratively) to slam, to trounce (to beat or destroy with words)
    բերանը ծեփելberanə cepʻelto retort, to silence
    բերնին ծեփելbernin cepʻelsame as բերանը ծեփել
  10. (figuratively) to daub, to slap on (of makeup)
    դեմքը ներկով ծեփելdemkʻə nerkov cepʻelto put on makeup
  11. (figuratively) to slam down (to throw or hurl to the ground)
  12. (figuratively) to put up against (e.g., to put a closet up against a wall)
  13. (figuratively) to daub (to paint crudely)
  14. to thread, to string
  15. to surround, to encircle

Inflection edit

Old Armenian edit

Verb edit

ծեփել (cepʻel)

  1. infinitive of ծեփեմ (cepʻem)

Declension edit