խածանեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is խած- (xac-), from Proto-Indo-European (according to Godel *khad-ye-), +‎ -ան- (-an-). Cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati, to chew, bite, eat, devour), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀- (vī-xada-, to squeeze apart), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, to gnaw, chew). See also խայթ (xaytʻ).

Verb

խածանեմ (xacanem)  (aorist indicative խածի)

  1. to bite, to sting (often refers to biting of snakes and beasts)
    խածանել զմիմեանսxacanel zmimeansto bite one another
    հաս եւ խած առնելhas ew xac aṙnelto eat greedily, to devour voraciously
  2. (figuratively) to nettle, to sting, to snarl at, to revile

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խածանել (xacanel), խածնել (xacnel), խածել (xacel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խածանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խածանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 323
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 82