Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From ծագ (cag, extremity, end). For the sense development compare the idiom ծայր տալ (cayr tal, to begin; to rise (of sun)).

Verb edit

ծագեմ (cagem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to germinate, to sprout forth
    ծագեցից Դաւթի ծագումն արդարութեանcagecʻicʻ Dawtʻi cagumn ardarutʻeanI will cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David
    ծագել ումեք, յոք, զոմամբ զողորմութիւնսcagel umekʻ, yokʻ, zomamb zołormutʻiwnsto spread his mercy on
  2. (transitive) to irradiate, to cause to shine
    առաւօտն ծագեաց զլոյս իւրaṙawōtn cageacʻ zloys iwrthe sun shone forth, day broke
  3. (intransitive) to dawn, to shine, to begin to appear, to rise; to be born; to take rise; to emanate, to proceed from; to sprout, to germinate, to pullulate; to blossom; to ensue, to result, to derive
    ի ծագել առաւօտունi cagel aṙawōtunat the peep or break of day, at daybreak
    ի ծագել արեգականi cagel aregakanat sunrise
    ծագեցաւ արեգակնcagecʻaw aregaknthe sun appeared
    արդարքն ծագեսցեն իբրեւ զարեգակնardarkʻn cagescʻen ibrew zaregaknthe righteous shall shine forth as the sun

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծագել (cagel), ծեգել (cegel)

Further reading edit

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