Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as քերեմ (kʻerem), but grown with -ծ- (-c-). Cognate with Lithuanian sker̃sti and Latvian šķērst.

Verb edit

քերծեմ (kʻercem)  (aorist indicative քերծեցի)

  1. (transitive) to strip off, to peel, to bark, to pare
  2. (transitive) to shave

Usage notes edit

Do not confuse with գերծեմ (gercem).

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: քերծել (kʻercel)

References edit

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