Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կաղամ (kałam), from կաղ (kał). The figurative sense is a semantic loan from Russian хрома́ть (xromátʹ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

կաղալ (kaġal)

  1. to limp, to be lame
  2. (figurative) to be poor, to leave much to be desired, to be far from perfect, to not be up to standard
    անգլերենս կաղում էanglerens kaġum ēmy English is poor; my English leaves much to be desired

Inflection edit