ծագեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ծագիմ (cagim) — intransitive senses only
  • ծայգեմ (caygem) — post-Classical

Etymology

From ծագ (cag, “extremity, end”). For the sense development compare the idiom ծայր տալ (cayr tal, “to begin; to rise (of sun)”).

Verb

ծագեմ • (cagem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to germinate, to sprout forth
    ծագեցից Դաւթի ծագումն արդարութեան ― cagecʻicʻ Dawtʻi cagumn ardarutʻean ― I will cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David
    ծագել ումեք, յոք, զոմամբ զողորմութիւնս ― cagel umekʻ, yokʻ, zomamb zołormutʻiwns ― to spread his mercy on
  2. (transitive) to irradiate, to cause to shine
    առաւօտն ծագեաց զլոյս իւր ― aṙawōtn cageacʻ zloys iwr ― the sun shone forth, day broke
  3. (intransitive) to dawn, to shine, to begin to appear, to rise; to be born; to take rise; to emanate, to proceed from; to sprout, to germinate, to pullulate; to blossom; to ensue, to result, to derive
    ի ծագել առաւօտուն ― i cagel aṙawōtun ― at the peep or break of day, at daybreak
    ի ծագել արեգական ― i cagel aregakan ― at sunrise
    ծագեցաւ արեգակն ― cagecʻaw aregakn ― the sun appeared
    արդարքն ծագեսցեն իբրեւ զարեգակն ― ardarkʻn cagescʻen ibrew zaregakn ― the righteous shall shine forth as the sun

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծագել (cagel), ծեգել (cegel)

Further reading

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