զտեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From զուտ (zut).

Verb

զտեմ • (ztem)  (aorist indicative զտեցի)

  1. to cleanse, to purify
    զտել եւ ջինջ ունել զզէն ― ztel ew ǰinǰ unel zzēn ― to cleanse and keep clean the weapon
  2. to test by fire, to purify by melting (said of metals, etc.)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: զտել (ztel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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