Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From զեղծ (zełc).

Verb edit

զեղծեմ (zełcem)  (aorist indicative զեղծեցի)

  1. (transitive) to spoil, to ruin
  2. (transitive) to abuse, to deceive, to delude, to seduce, to beguile
    զեղծել զդատաւորս (ընչիւք)zełcel zdatawors (ənčʻiwkʻ)to corrupt judges
  3. (transitive) to rob, to steal, to ravish
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be spoiled, ruined
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be abused, corrupted
  6. (mediopassive, intransitive) to make a bad use of, to misuse

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: զեղծել (zeġcel)

References edit

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