թեքեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեկեմ (tʻekem)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téketi, from *tek- (to weave, fashion). See also թիւր (tʻiwr).

Verb

թեքեմ • (tʻekʻem)

  1. (transitive) to fashion, forge, make
  2. (transitive) to sharpen, edge, point, grind
    թեքեմ զլեզուtʻekʻem zlezuto become biting or sarcastic
    թեքեմ զգերանդիtʻekʻem zgerandito sharpen the scythe
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to educate
  4. (transitive, post-Classical) to twist, warp, bend, turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • նորաթեք (noratʻekʻ)
  • թեքմեքեմ (tʻekʻmekʻem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թեքել (tʻekʻel)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թեքել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 178–179
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թեքեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Meillet, Antoine (1894) “De quelques difficultés de la théorie des gutturales indo-européennes”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 8, page 289 of 277–304
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 300
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թեքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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