քաղեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kl̥-ne/o-, from *(s)kelH-.[1]

Verb[edit]

քաղեմ (kʿałem)

  1. to pick, to pluck up, to take away; to draw, to extract
    սկսաւ ոգի նորա քաղիլ ի նմանէsksaw ogi nora kʿałil i nmanēhe began to faint away
    լոյս իմ քաղիloys im kʿałimy life is consuming
    քաղել զոգիս, զշունչ ուրուքkʿałel zogis, zšunčʿ urukʿto keep in suspense, to amuse, to keep at bay
    քաղել բանս ի բերանոյ ուրուքkʿałel bans i beranoy urukʿto 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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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: քաղել (kʿałel)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship[1], issue 10, page 113

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “քաղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “քաղեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press