Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from ընդ (ənd) +‎ կուլ- (kul-, to swallow).

Verb

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ընկղմեմ (ənkłmem)  (aorist indicative ընկղմեցի)

  1. (transitive) to sink, to submerge; to inundate, to drown, to plunge; to dim, to cloud
    նիրհմամբ ընկղմելnirhmamb ənkłmelto lull, to make sleepy
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to founder, to sink, to be plunged; to lose oneself
    ընկղմել ի քնոյənkłmel i kʻnoyto sleep soundly
    յանհնարին տրտմութիւն, յանմխիթար սուգ ընկղմելyanhnarin trtmutʻiwn, yanmxitʻar sug ənkłmelto abandon oneself to melancholy, to be plunged in inconsolable grief
    ընկղմել ի ծով փափկութեանցənkłmel i cov pʻapʻkutʻeancʻto swim in pleasure, in delight
    ի նախանձ ընկղմելi naxanj ənkłmelto envy, to be jealous of

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ընկղմել (ənkġmel)

References

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