կիզում

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The root is կէզ- (kēz-), and its origin is uncertain.

Verb

կիզում (kizum)

  1. (transitive) to burn, to set on fire, to set fire to, to fire
    կիզուլ արեգականkizul aregakanto tan, to brown, to make swarthy
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to burn, to be on fire

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Descendants

  • Armenian: կիզել (kizel) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կէզ”, 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 581ab remarks that the similarity with Laz გზ- (gz-) is accidental and leaves the origin open
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիզում”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Beriʒe, Vuḳol (1912) “ლიზინი”, in Siṭq̇vis-ḳona imerul da rač̣ul tkmata (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 6)‎ (in Georgian), Saint Petersburg: Academy press, page 22 compares to dialectal Georgian კიზინი (ḳizini, lighting a fire; catching fire) which is connected with dialectal კიზილი (ḳizili, small fire)
  • Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 242