կրծել

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem). The sense "to swot" is probably a calque of Russian грызть гранит науки (gryztʹ granit nauki, to grind away at one's studies, literally to gnaw the granite of science).

Pronunciation

Verb

կրծել • (krcel)

  1. (transitive) to gnaw, nibble
  2. (transitive) to bite (fingernails)
  3. (transitive, slang) to swot (to study with effort or determination)

Inflection

Old Armenian

Verb

կրծել • (krcel)

  1. infinitive of կրծեմ (krcem)

Declension

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