ծրտեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From ծիրտ (cirt).

Verb

ծրտեմ (crtem)

  1. (of birds, bees and flies) to defecate
  2. (of fish) to spawn

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծրտել (crtel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիրտ”, 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, page 460b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծրտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 626
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծրտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy