խեղդեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խեղդնում (xełdnum) (mediopassive sense only)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. See also հեղձիմ (hełjim).

Verb

խեղդեմ (xełdem)

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to suffocate, to stifle; to wring, to twist (the neck)
  2. (transitive, figuratiely) to vex, to torment, to do violence to
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to choke oneself, to be suffocated, stifled
  4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to burst, to crack, to break out, to melt away

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • բքախեղդ (bkʿaxełd)
  • լարախեղդ (laraxełd)
  • խեղդ (xełd)
  • խեղդամահ (xełdamah)
  • խեղդամահութիւն (xełdamahutʿiwn)
  • խեղդան (xełdan)
  • խեղդարկեալ (xełdarkeal)
  • խեղդելիք (xełdelikʿ)
  • խեղդիչ (xełdičʿ)
  • խեղդղդիմ (xełdłdim)
  • խեղդողական (xełdołakan)
  • խեղդումն (xełdumn)
  • հայրախեղդ (hayraxełd)
  • ձիւնախեղդ (jiwnaxełd)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խեղդեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խեղդեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խեղդ”, 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
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