քաղեմ

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

The root is քաղ-, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥-. Related to ցելում.

Verb [edit]

քաղեմ  (kʿałem)  (aorist indicative քաղեցի)

  1. to pick, to pluck up, to take away; to draw, to extract
    սկսաւ ոգի նորա քաղիլ ի նմանէ (sksaw ogi nora kʿałil i nmanē) — he began to faint away
    լոյս իմ քաղի (loys im kʿałi) — my life is consuming
    քաղել զոգիս, զշունչ ուրուք (kʿałel zogis, zšunčʿ urukʿ) — to keep in suspense, to amuse, to keep at bay
    քաղել բանս ի բերանոյ ուրուք (kʿałel bans i beranoy urukʿ) — to catch something out of one's mouth; (figuratively) to get, to obtain his secret surreptitiously
  2. to gather, to gather together, to collect, to assemble, to amass
  3. to construct a building tapering from bottom to top

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References [edit]

  • քաղեմ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • քաղեմ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • քաղ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79