կարդամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-dʰh₁-é-ti, composed of *gʷerH- (to praise; to sing; to shout, recite) and *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place).

Cognates include Sanskrit गिर् (gír-, song of praise, invocation), Lithuanian gìrti (to praise, boast), Latin grātus (welcome), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, to sacrifice), Old Prussian girtwei (to praise).

Verb

կարդամ (kardam)

  1. to shout, to call, to recite loudly
    կարդալ զանուն ուրուքkardal zanun urukʻto call on the name of
    կարդալ յօգնութիւնkardal yōgnutʻiwnto cry out for help, succour or assistance
    կարդալ զօգնականութիւնkardal zōgnakanutʻiwnto implore, to crave the aid of
    երջանիկ կարդալ ումեքerǰanik kardal umekʻto call any one happy
    վաշ վաշ կարդալvaš vaš kardalto insult, to revile, to scoff at
    աւաղ/ողբս կարդալawał/ołbs kardalto deplore, to lament for
  2. to read

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Armenian: կարդալ (kardal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարդամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարդամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարդալ”, 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 354