Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From կեղ (keł). For the suffix -եք (-ekʻ) compare բող-ոք-եմ (boł-okʻ-em), ող-ոք-եմ (oł-okʻ-em).

Verb edit

կեղեքեմ (kełekʻem)  (aorist indicative կեղեքեցի)

  1. (transitive) to tear, to rend
    կեղեքել զմիմեանսkełekʻel zmimeansto tear each other
    կեղեքել զսիրտkełekʻel zsirtto rend, to harrow, to break the heart
    կեղեքեմ զվէրսkełekʻem zvērsto rip up old sores, to open wounds afresh
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to afflict, to vex, to harass, to oppress
    կեղեքել զմիմեանսkełekʻel zmimeansto revile or malign each other

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կեղեքել (keġekʻel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղեքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 357