Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂él-e-ti.[1][2][3][4][5]

Verb edit

սխալեմ (sxalem)

  1. (intransitive) to fail, to be wanting, to err, to commit an oversight, to be led into mistakes, to mistake
    սխալել մեծամեծսsxalel mecamecsto make gross blunders
    սխալել ի ծծնդենէsxalel i ccndenēto have an abortion
  2. (intransitive) to sin, to fall into error, to go astray
  3. (intransitive) to make a false step, to stumble, to trip

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սխալվել (sxalvel) (learned)
  • Old Georgian: სხლეტა (sxleṭa)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 490–491
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սխալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 224–225
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 929
  4. ^ Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 144
  5. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 543

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սխալեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սխալեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy