Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From խիթ (xitʻ).

Verb

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խթեմ (xtʻem)  (aorist indicative խթեցի)

  1. to bite
  2. to goad, to push, to shove, to spur, to incite, to drive, to spur on, to urge on
    կաշառ խթելkašaṙ xtʻelto bribe, to corrupt, to buy over

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խթել (xtʻel)

References

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