կատարեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From կատար (katar, “top”). For the sense development compare Old Armenian ի գլուխ հանել (i glux hanel, “to complete”, literally “to bring to a head”), Armenian գլուխ բերել (glux berel, “to complete”, literally “to bring to a head”); Russian заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ, “to complete”) from верх (verx, “top”); English top out, top off.

Verb

կատարեմ • (katarem)

  1. (transitive) to complete, realize, fulfill, carry out
    կատարել զպարտս ― katarel zparts ― to perform, to fulfil a duty
    կատարել զխորհուրդ ― katarel zxorhurd ― to carry out a project
    կատարել զկամս անձին ― katarel zkams anjin ― to have one's will, to be contented, to do according to one's desire
    կատարել զկամս ուրուք ― katarel zkams urukʻ ― to fulfil the wishes of, to humour, to content
    կատարել զսրտմտութիւն իւր յոք ― katarel zsrtmtutʻiwn iwr yokʻ ― to glut one's wrath or vengeance on
    կատարել զընթացս, զաւուրս իւր ― katarel zəntʻacʻs, zawurs iwr ― to terminate one's career; to end one's days
    կատարել զհոգի ― katarel zhogi ― to give up the ghost, to expire, to die
  2. (transitive) to consecrate, sanctify, initiate
  3. (transitive) to celebrate (a feast)
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be ended, accomplished, finished, crowned
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive) to end, die

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կատարեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատարեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատարիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 209
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