Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The root is ցիտ- (cʻit-), from Proto-Indo-European *skid-, zero-grade of *skeyd-.

Verb

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ցտեմ (cʻtem)  (aorist indicative ցտեցի)

  1. (transitive) to graze, to rub the skin off, to scratch, to bruise, to notch, to jag
    ցտել զհերսcʻtel zhersto tear out one's hair
  2. (transitive) to make incisions, to cut
  3. (transitive) to wrest, to extort, to carry off
  4. (transitive, medicine) to scarify, to cup
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive) to bruise oneself, to rub the skin off, to scratch oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ցտել (cʻtel) (learned)

References

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