կոչեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷotyeti, from *gʷet- (“to say”).

Verb

կոչեմ • (kočʻem)

1. to call, to invite, to invoke

   ի մի վայր կոչել ― i mi vayr kočʻel ― to convoke, to call together, to assemble

   կոչել յօգնութիւն ― kočʻel yōgnutʻiwn ― to call on for help, to invoke

   կոչել զօք յետս ― kočʻel zōkʻ yets ― to call back, to revoke; to call off, to bring back

   յետս կոչել զբանսն ― yets kočʻel zbansn ― to unsay, to recall what one has said, to retract, to recant, to revoke

   կոչել ի դատ ― kočʻel i dat ― to cite, to summon

   վկայս կոչել ― vkays kočʻel ― to subpoena, to summon witnesses

   կոչել ի վկայութիւն ― kočʻel i vkayutʻiwn ― to quote, to cite

2. to name

   կոչեցեալ ― kočʻecʻeal ― called, surnamed; renowned

   • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ 2.74:

     Սիմն կոչեցեալ լերինն

     Simn kočʻecʻeal lerinn

     • 2006 translation by Robert W. Thompson

       the mountain called Sim

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: կոչել (kočʻel), կոչեցյալ (kočʻecʻyal) (learned)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոչեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 371
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոչեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy