Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From խիթ (xitʻ).

Verb edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խթել (xtʻel)

References edit

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