շաղեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Likely related to շաղախ (šałax) and possibly to շաղ (šał).

Verb

շաղեմ (šałem)

  1. (transitive) to mix, knead, wrap together; to make mortar

Usage notes

The Hellenizing School used շաղ- (šał-) post-classically as a prefix to calque Ancient Greek words prefixed with συν- (sun-), e.g. շաղկապ (šałkap) = σύνδεσμος (súndesmos)

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Descendants

  • Armenian: շաղել (šaġel), շաղվել (šaġvel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 487–488
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շաղեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lidén, Evald (1913) “Bidrag till armenisk ljud- och ordhistorian”, in Förhandlingar vid Svenska Filolog- och Historikermötet i Göteborg den 19–21 Augusti 1912 (in Swedish), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, page 110 of 110–112, connecting with Old English hwelian, Lithuanian švelnùs as a native word
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 944
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շաղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 629, accepting Lidén's etymology