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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps related to նքթեմ (nkʻtʻem). The forms in գթ- (gtʻ-) arose by confusion with գթիմ (gtʻim), գայթիմ (gaytʻim).
Root
կթ- • (ktʻ-)
- to faint, become weak, feeble
Derived terms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կթիլ”, 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 362