քրքրեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of *քիր- (*kʿir-), of unknown origin.[1]

Verb

քրքրեմ (kʿrkʿrem)

  1. (transitive) to search or dive into, to investigate carefully, to examine with care
  2. (transitive) to agitate, to undo, to destroy
    քրքրել զմիտսkʿrkʿrel zmitsto excite, to rouse up or awake the mind, to stimulate
    քրքրեմ զախորժակkʿrkʿrem zaxoržakto sharpen, to quicken the appetite
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to give oneself up to debauchery

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • հետաքրքիր (hetakʿrkʿir)
  • հետաքրքրաբար (hetakʿrkʿrabar)
  • քրքիր (kʿrkʿir)
  • քրքրանք (kʿrkʿrankʿ)
  • քրքրութիւն (kʿrkʿrutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), քրքիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 603a

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), քրքրեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), քրքրեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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