կատաղիմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Possibly connected with կտղիմ (ktłim, to burn with furious desire). Perhaps both are Semitic borrowings, from the Semitic root related to killing, with an unexplained sense development: compare Classical Syriac ܩܛܠ (qeṭal), Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala) and Hebrew קָטַל (qāṭal, to kill).

Verb

կատաղիմ (katałim) (intransitive)

  1. to rage, to be furious
  2. (of an animal) to become rabid

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Descendants

  • Armenian: կատաղել (kataġel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կատաղ”, 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 536ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կատաղիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 140
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 317, compares to Luwian (kattawatnalli-), Hittite (kattawa(t)nalli-, bent on (satisfaction for) grievance, vengeful)
  • Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 281
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատաղիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy