կրծեմ

• կրծում (krcum)

The origin is uncertain. Some of the derivatives point to a full root *կուրծ- (*kurc-), but it may be a back-formation from կրծեմ (krcem).

Usually connected with Proto-Slavic *gryzti, Lithuanian gráužti (“to gnaw”), sometimes also Ancient Greek βρύχω (brúkhō, “to gnash, grind the teeth”), and derived from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ruǵ-, but because *g⁽ʷ⁾r- would yield Armenian երկ- (erk-),^[1] one has to assume a metathesised variant *gurǵ- for Armenian.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Perhaps a Semitic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *qaraṣ- (“to poke, prick”), whence notably the Arabic roots ق ر ص (q-r-ṣ) related to pinching and stinging and ق ر ض (q-r-ḍ) related to cutting and gnawing and the Classical Syriac root ܩ-ܪ-ܨ (q-r-ṣ) related to stinging.

See also կուրծ (kurc).

կրծեմ • (krcem)

1. (transitive) to gnaw, to nibble
2. (transitive) to corrode, to canker
3. (transitive) to eat, to consume, to destroy
4. (transitive) to take or carry away by force (e.g. territories)

• Armenian: կրծել (krcel)

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