կարեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

A Georgian-Zan borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳar- ~ *ḳr- (to bind).

Verb

կարեմ (karem)  (aorist indicative կարեցի)

  1. (transitive) to bind, fix, attach, pin; to sew, to join or unite with thread
    կարել հարեւանցիkarel harewancʻito tack, to baste
    կարել զոք ընդ որմնkarel zokʻ ənd ormnto pin against the wall, to transfix
    • 5th century, Bible, 1 Samuel 18.11:
      Եւ ասէ. Հարից կարեցից զԴաւիթ գեղարդեամբս ընդ որմն:
      Ew asē. Haricʻ karecʻicʻ zDawitʻ gełardeambs ənd ormn:
      And he says: I will smite and pin David to the wall with my spear.
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  • Armenian: կարել (karel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կար”, 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 541ab, unknown origin
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From կար (kar).

Verb

կարեմ (karem)  (aorist indicative կարացի)

  1. (intransitive) to be able, to have the power or faculty to, to be in a condition to
    ոչ եւս կարելočʻ ews karelto be quite exhausted or spent
    չկարելčʻkarelto be unable
    չկարեմ առնել զայդčʻkarem aṙnel zaydI cannot do it
    արարից՝ եթէ կարացիցararicʻ, etʻē karacʻicʻI will do it if I can
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References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 51