Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian կռկռալ (kṙkṙal); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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կռկռալ (kṙkṙal)

  1. to croak (of frogs)
  2. to crow (of birds)

Declension

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Conjugation

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declension of the nominalized infinitive, u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative կռկռալ (kṙkṙal)
dative կռկռալու (kṙkṙalu)
ablative կռկռալուց (kṙkṙalucʻ)
instrumental կռկռալով (kṙkṙalov)
locative կռկռալում (kṙkṙalum)
definite forms
nominative կռկռալը/կռկռալն (kṙkṙalə/kṙkṙaln)
dative կռկռալուն (kṙkṙalun)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative կռկռալս (kṙkṙals)
dative կռկռալուս (kṙkṙalus)
ablative կռկռալուցս (kṙkṙalucʻs)
instrumental կռկռալովս (kṙkṙalovs)
locative կռկռալումս (kṙkṙalums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative կռկռալդ (kṙkṙald)
dative կռկռալուդ (kṙkṙalud)
ablative կռկռալուցդ (kṙkṙalucʻd)
instrumental կռկռալովդ (kṙkṙalovd)
locative կռկռալումդ (kṙkṙalumd)

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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Reduplication of the onomatopoeic root կռ- (kṙ-).

Verb

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կռկռալ (kṙkṙal)

  1. to croak (said of birds, particularly crows, as well as of frogs, snakes, buffalos, etc.)

Descendants

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  • Armenian: կռկռալ (kṙkṙal)

References

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կռկռալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 388b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 377