Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Of the same origin as խեթեմ (xetʻem); see there.

Verb edit

խեթկեմ (xetʻkem)

  1. (transitive) to hit
  2. (transitive) to push, shove
  3. (transitive) to butt (with horns)
    խեթկեմ եղջերօքxetʻkem ełǰerōkʻto butt; to toss, to gore

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խեթկել (xetʻkel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեթկեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեթկեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խեթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 355a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 325