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Old Armenian
Etymology
From խաղ (xał).
Verb
խաղամ • (xałam) (aorist indicative խաղացի)
- (intransitive) to play, to sport, to amuse oneself
5th century,
Bible,
Genesis 21.9:
[1]- Եւ տեսեալ Սառայի զորդին Ագարայ Եգիպտացւոյ որ եղեւ Աբրահամու, զի խաղայր ընդ Իսահակայ որդւոյ իւրում
- Ew teseal Saṙayi zordin Agaray Egiptacʻwoy or ełew Abrahamu, zi xałayr ənd Isahakay ordwoy iwrum […]
- Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
- And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son
- (intransitive) to move, to run, to begin traveling
- (intransitive) to jump around, to frisk about, to frolic
- (intransitive) to dance
- (intransitive) to fall upon, to attack suddenly
- (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule, to deride
- (intransitive) to joke, to jest
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- ^ Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor ktakaranacʻ əst čšgrit tʻargmanutʻean naxneacʻ merocʻ hamematutʻeamb ebrayakan ew yunakan bnagracʻ [Bible. Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean, 1895, page 18a
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաղ”, 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 319–320
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy