Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From խայթ (xaytʻ).

Verb edit

խայթեմ (xaytʻem)  (aorist indicative խայթեցի)

  1. to sting, to bite (of insects and snakes)
  2. (figuratively) to nettle, to pique
    խիղճն խայթէ զնաxiłčn xaytʻē znahe feels remorse, he scruples at

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խայթել (xaytʻel)

References edit

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