Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կտրեմ (ktrem). The sense 'to give a bad mark on an exam' is a semantic loan from Russian ре́зать (rézatʹ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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կտրել (ktrel) (transitive)

  1. to cut
  2. to divide into parts
  3. to cut off, to clip
  4. to slice
  5. to cut down, to reduce
  6. to interrupt, to break
  7. to cross
  8. to mint, to coin
  9. (colloquial) to rob, to plunder
  10. to tear off
  11. to divert
  12. to turn into
  13. (colloquial) to give a bad mark on an exam
  14. (card games) to cut the cards
  15. to curdle (the milk)

Inflection

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declension of the nominalized infinitive, u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative կտրել (ktrel)
dative կտրելու (ktrelu)
ablative կտրելուց (ktrelucʻ)
instrumental կտրելով (ktrelov)
locative կտրելում (ktrelum)
definite forms
nominative կտրելը/կտրելն (ktrelə/ktreln)
dative կտրելուն (ktrelun)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative կտրելս (ktrels)
dative կտրելուս (ktrelus)
ablative կտրելուցս (ktrelucʻs)
instrumental կտրելովս (ktrelovs)
locative կտրելումս (ktrelums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative կտրելդ (ktreld)
dative կտրելուդ (ktrelud)
ablative կտրելուցդ (ktrelucʻd)
instrumental կտրելովդ (ktrelovd)
locative կտրելումդ (ktrelumd)

Derived terms

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