խածանեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is խած- (xac-), from Proto-Indo-European (according to Godel *khad-ye-), + -ան- (-an-). Cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati, to chew, bite, eat, devour), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀- (vī-xada-, to squeeze apart), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, to gnaw, chew).

Verb

խածանեմ (xacanem)  (aorist indicative խածի)

  1. to bite, to sting (often refers to biting of snakes and beasts)
    խածանել զմիմեանսxacanel zmimeansto bite one another
    հաս եւ խած առնելhas ew xac aṙnelto eat greedily, to devour voraciously
  2. (figuratively) to nettle, to sting, to snarl at, to revile

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • խածանողական (xacanołakan)
  • խածանողութիւն (xacanołutʿiwn)
  • խածանումն (xacanumn)
  • խածատանք (xacatankʿ)
  • խածատեմ (xacatem)
  • խածատումն (xacatumn)
  • խածեակ (xaceak)
  • խածի (xaci)
  • խածուած (xacuac)
  • խածումն (xacumn)
  • խամծի (xamci)
  • օձախած (ōjaxac)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խածանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խածանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խած”, 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 323
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 82
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