թեքեմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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

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