խածանեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is խած- (xac-), from Proto-Indo-European (according to Godel *khad-ye-), +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati, “to chew, bite, eat, devour”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀- (vī-xada-, “to squeeze apart”), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to gnaw, chew”). See also խայթ (xaytʻ).

Verb

խածանեմ • (xacanem)  (aorist indicative խածի)

  1. to bite, to sting (often refers to biting of snakes and beasts)
    խածանել զմիմեանս ― xacanel zmimeans ― to bite one another
    հաս եւ խած առնել ― has ew xac aṙnel ― to eat greedily, to devour voraciously
  2. (figuratively) to nettle, to sting, to snarl at, to revile

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • խածանողական (xacanołakan)
  • խածանողութիւն (xacanołutʻiwn)
  • խածանումն (xacanumn)
  • խածատանք (xacatankʻ)
  • խածատեմ (xacatem)
  • խածատումն (xacatumn)
  • խածեակ (xaceak)
  • խածի (xaci)
  • խածուած (xacuac)
  • խածումն (xacumn)
  • խամծի (xamci)
  • օձախած (ōjaxac)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խածանել (xacanel), խածնել (xacnel), խածել (xacel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խածանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խածանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խած”, 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 323
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 82
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