երգիծանեմ

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The root is *երգէծ (ergēc), from *րգէծ (rgēc), from *գրէծ (grēc), from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-, +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognates include Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi), Lithuanian rėžti, and Old Church Slavonic рѣзати (rězati, to cut, slaughter) (Russian резать (rezatʹ)).

Verb

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երգիծանեմ (ergicanem)  (aorist indicative երգիծի)

  1. to tear, to crack, to cleave
  2. to draw a line, to mark with a sign
  3. (figuratively) to bite, to jeer, to cavil, to nettle, to irritate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: երգիծել (ergicel)

References

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