թքանեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From թուք (tʿukʿ) + -ան- (-an-).

Verb

թքանեմ (tʿkʿanem)  (aorist indicative թքի)

  1. to spit; to spit out; to spit upon, to fling, to cast, to spout
    ստէպ թքանելstēp tʿkʿanelto spit often, or continually, to be always spitting
    թքանել ի խօսելնtʿkʿanel i xōselnto sputter
    արիւն թքանելariwn tʿkʿanelto spit blood
    թքանել ընդ երեսս/յերեսս ուրուքtʿkʿanel ənd eress/yeress urukʿto spit upon a person, in his face
  2. to vomit, to throw up
  3. (figuratively) to slight, to disdain, to contemn openly, to treat with scorn, to point one's finger at, to set at nought

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թքանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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