Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տապալեմ (tapalem).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

տապալել (tapalel)

  1. (transitive) to throw down, to throw to the ground
  2. (transitive) to sabotage, to wreck, to subvert
  3. (transitive) to destroy, to demolish, to ruin
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to demote, to depose, to dethrone
  5. (transitive, rare) to kill

Inflection edit

References edit

  • տապալել”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Verb edit

տապալել (tapalel)

  1. infinitive of տապալեմ (tapalem)

Declension edit