Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Georgian კრვა (ḳrva).

Verb edit

կռուիմ (kṙuim)

  1. to take hold of, to cleave to, to cling, adhere or stick to, to hold fast by, to catch or grasp at, to get entangled in
    թօթափել զփոշին կռուեալ յոտսtʻōtʻapʻel zpʻošin kṙueal yotsto shake the dust off one's foot
    ի բեւեռ կռուեցաւ հանդերձ նորաi beweṙ kṙuecʻaw handerj norahis coat is caught by a nail
    սարդ կռուեալ ձեռօք յորմնsard kṙueal jeṙōkʻ yormnthe spider holds on to the wall with its claws
    եւ մի կռուիցի ի ձեռին քում ի նզովից նորաew mi kṙuicʻi i jeṙin kʻum i nzovicʻ noraand there, shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand
  2. to contend, struggle or dispute with, to debate, to contest, to quarrel; to skirmish, to grapple with each other, to clash together, to fight, to come to blows
    կռուել ընդ միմեանսkṙuel ənd mimeansto beat one another, to fight together; (figuratively) to quarrel

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կռվել (kṙvel)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռուիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռուիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy