կեղեքեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From կեղ (keł). For the suffix -եք (-ekʻ) compare բող-ոք-եմ (boł-okʻ-em), ող-ոք-եմ (oł-okʻ-em).

Verb

կեղեքեմ • (kełekʻem)  (aorist indicative կեղեքեցի)

  1. (transitive) to tear, to rend
    կեղեքել զմիմեանս ― kełekʻel zmimeans ― to tear each other
    կեղեքել զսիրտ ― kełekʻel zsirt ― to rend, to harrow, to break the heart
    կեղեքեմ զվէրս ― kełekʻem zvērs ― to rip up old sores, to open wounds afresh
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to afflict, to vex, to harass, to oppress
    կեղեքել զմիմեանս ― kełekʻel zmimeans ― to revile or malign each other

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: կեղեքել (keġekʻel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղեքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 357
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