Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Suffixed with +‎ -ան- (-an-) from the root կիծ- (kic-), which is usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (to stick, jab, tickle) with Proto-Germanic *kitilōną (to tickle) as a cognate.[1][2][3] In view of formal problems (an unexpected -ծ- (-c-) and a root structure with two voiced unaspirated stops), as well as the absence of cognates outside Armenian and Germanic, this etymology is doubtful.[4] More likely we are dealing with an onomatopoeic formation: compare Albanian kic (to bite lightly).

See also Old Armenian կէտ (kēt), Middle Armenian կէտ (kēt, kind of biting fly), Armenian կիճ (kič), ճիճ (čič).

Verb edit

կծանեմ (kcanem)

  1. (transitive) to bite; to sting
    կծանել զհացkcanel zhacʿto cut or break bread
    ձեռն իմ կծէjeṙn im kcēmy hand itches
  2. (transitive) to torment (in the form կծել (kcel) only)
  3. (intransitive) to feel sting/pain (in the form կծել (kcel) only)

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կծել (kcel)

References edit

  1. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1904) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 28, page 308
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 356
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 544
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 362

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “կիծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 586–587
  • Kocharov, Petr (2019) Old Armenian nasal verbs : archaisms and innovations[1], Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, page 193
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “կծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy