Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Dialectal development of Old Armenian ձգեմ (jgem, to throw). The slang sense is a semantic loan from Russian ки́нуть (kínutʹ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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գցել (gcʻel) (Eastern Armenian)

  1. to throw; cast; hurl, fling; chuck
    անկողինը գցելankoġinə gcʻelto make the bed
  2. to drop, allow to fall
  3. (slang) to con, bunco, hoodwink

Inflection

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declension of the nominalized infinitive, u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative գցել (gcʻel)
dative գցելու (gcʻelu)
ablative գցելուց (gcʻelucʻ)
instrumental գցելով (gcʻelov)
locative գցելում (gcʻelum)
definite forms
nominative գցելը/գցելն (gcʻelə/gcʻeln)
dative գցելուն (gcʻelun)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գցելս (gcʻels)
dative գցելուս (gcʻelus)
ablative գցելուցս (gcʻelucʻs)
instrumental գցելովս (gcʻelovs)
locative գցելումս (gcʻelums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գցելդ (gcʻeld)
dative գցելուդ (gcʻelud)
ablative գցելուցդ (gcʻelucʻd)
instrumental գցելովդ (gcʻelovd)
locative գցելումդ (gcʻelumd)

Synonyms

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձիգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press