խեղդեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խեղդնում (xełdnum) (mediopassive sense only)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. See also հեղձիմ (hełjim).

Verb

խեղդեմ • (xełdem)

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to suffocate, to stifle; to wring, to twist (the neck)
  2. (transitive, figuratiely) to vex, to torment, to do violence to
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to choke oneself, to be suffocated, stifled
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to burst, to crack, to break out, to melt away

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • բքախեղդ (bkʻaxełd)
  • լարախեղդ (laraxełd)
  • խեղդ (xełd)
  • խեղդամահ (xełdamah)
  • խեղդամահութիւն (xełdamahutʻiwn)
  • խեղդան (xełdan)
  • խեղդարկեալ (xełdarkeal)
  • խեղդելիք (xełdelikʻ)
  • խեղդիչ (xełdičʻ)
  • խեղդղդիմ (xełdłdim)
  • խեղդողական (xełdołakan)
  • խեղդումն (xełdumn)
  • հայրախեղդ (hayraxełd)
  • ձիւնախեղդ (jiwnaxełd)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խեղդել (xeġdel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեղդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեղդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խեղդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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