կծանեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The root is կիծ- (kic-), of uncertain origin, +‎ -ան- (-an-). Perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (to stick, jab, tickle) and cognate with English kittle, German kitzeln (to tickle), Icelandic kitla (to tickle). See also Old Armenian կէտ (kēt), Middle Armenian կէտ (kēt, kind of biting fly), Armenian կիճ (kič), ճիճ (čič).

Verb

կծանեմ (kcanem)

  1. (transitive) to bite; to sting
    կծանել զհացkcanel zhacʻto cut or break bread
    ձեռն իմ կծէjeṙn im kcēmy hand itches
  2. (transitive) to torment (in the form կծել (kcel) only)
  3. (intransitive) to feel sting/pain (in the form կծել (kcel) only)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կծել (kcel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կիծ”, 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 362