մղձկեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from հեղձամղձուկ (hełjamłjuk). Alternatively, an independent word from a root մուղձ- (mułj-) of uncertain origin, + -ուկ (-uk); for this root compare մղձաւանջ (młjawanǰ) and մղձաժէտ (młjažēt).

Verb

մղձկեմ (młjkem)

  1. (transitive) to choke, to stifle, to suffocate, to strangle
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to pain, to grieve, to vex, to torment
  3. (intransitive) to choke, to be suffocating
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to be violently affected with spite, envy, grief or rage

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • մղնծկտամ (młncktam)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: մղծկիլ (młckil)
  • Armenian: մղձկել (młjkel)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մղձկեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մղձկեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մղձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 403
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