յողդողդեմ

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Reduplication of *յողդ (*yołd), which Martirosyan tentatively derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-kʷolh₁-dʰ-, composed of the prefix *h₁en- (in) (whence յ- (y-)), *kʷolh₁- and the old present infix *-dʰ-; cognate with Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Sanskrit चरति (cárati).

Verb

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յողդողդեմ (yołdołdem)

  1. (transitive) to shake, to move, to cause to totter, to waver

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հողդողդել (hoġdoġdel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յողդողդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յողդողդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յոդդողդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 496