թխեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From թուխ (tʻux).

Verb

թխեմ • (tʻxem)

1. (transitive) to sit on eggs, to sit brooding, to hatch, to brood
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).21.2:

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զկաքաւէ, թէ զայլոյ ձուս թխէ եւ ձագս հանէ։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zkakʻawē, tʻē zayloy jus tʻxē ew jags hanē.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the partridge that it hatches the eggs of another and breeds nestlings.

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).21.3:

     Քանզի զաւտարին ձուս գողանայ եւ յիւր բունն տանի․ եւ մինչ չկարէ հանդարտել թխոյն վասն բազում ձագուցն, երթայ կուտէ խռիւ ինչ եւ թոյլ տայ, որ ցամաքի․ եւ այնպէս խռուովն հանդերձ թխէ։

     Kʻanzi zawtarin jus gołanay ew yiwr bunn tani; ew minčʻ čʻkarē handartel tʻxoyn vasn bazum jagucʻn, ertʻay kutē xṙiw inčʻ ew tʻoyl tay, or cʻamakʻi; ew aynpēs xṙuovn handerj tʻxē.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       For it steals the eggs of the others and takes them to its nest; and until it cannot rest sitting on eggs because of many nestlings, it goes, heaps some brushwood and lets it dry up, and thus sits on eggs with the brushwood.

Conjugation

References

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 203–204
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թխեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թխեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy