կառափնատել

Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կառափնատեմ (kaṙapʻnatem, to smite on the head). The meaning in modern Armenian was changed by analogy with other formations in -ատ (-at).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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կառափնատել (kaṙapʻnatel) (rare)

  1. (transitive) to behead, decapitate
    Synonym: գլխատել (glxatel)

Inflection

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