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Etymology edit

From եղծ (ełc) +‎ -ան- (-an-).

Verb edit

եղծանեմ (ełcanem)  (aorist indicative եղծի)

  1. to corrupt, to spoil; to vitiate, to destroy, to ruin, to undo, to efface; to erase, to scratch out; to disfigure
  2. to disconcert, to put out of tune, to disorder; to overthrow; to waste; to notch, to mar, to choke, to bruise; to cross out
    եղծանել զկեանս ի ճշմարտութենէełcanel zkeans i čšmartutʻenēto deprive oneself of, to shut one's ears to the truth
  3. to abolish, to abrogate, to annul, to cancel
  4. to refute (something said)

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: եղծել (eġcel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy