քաղեմ

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kl̥-né-H-ti, from *(s)kelH-.^[1]

քաղեմ • (kʻałem)

1. to pick, to pluck up, to take away; to draw, to extract

   սկսաւ ոգի նորա քաղիլ ի նմանէ ― sksaw ogi nora kʻałil i nmanē ― he began to faint away

   լոյս իմ քաղի ― loys im kʻałi ― my life is consuming

   քաղել զոգիս, զշունչ ուրուք ― kʻałel zogis, zšunčʻ urukʻ ― to keep in suspense, to amuse, to keep at bay

   քաղել բանս ի բերանոյ ուրուք ― kʻałel bans i beranoy urukʻ ― to catch something out of one's mouth; (figuratively) to get, to obtain his secret surreptitiously

2. to gather, to gather together, to collect, to assemble, to amass
3. to construct a building tapering from bottom to top

• ցելում (cʻelum)

• Armenian: քաղել (kʻaġel)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քաղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քաղեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press