կատարեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From կատար (katar, top). For the sense development compare Old Armenian ի գլուխ հանել (i glux hanel, to complete, literally to bring to a head), Armenian գլուխ բերել (glux berel, to complete, literally to bring to a head); Russian заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ, to complete) from верх (verx, top); English top out, top off.

Verb

կատարեմ (katarem)

  1. (transitive) to complete, realize, fulfill, carry out
    կատարել զպարտսkatarel zpartsto perform, to fulfil a duty
    կատարել զխորհուրդkatarel zxorhurdto carry out a project
    կատարել զկամս անձինkatarel zkams anjinto have one's will, to be contented, to do according to one's desire
    կատարել զկամս ուրուքkatarel zkams urukʿto fulfil the wishes of, to humour, to content
    կատարել զսրտմտութիւն իւր յոքkatarel zsrtmtutʿiwn iwr yokʿto glut one's wrath or vengeance on
    կատարել զընթացս, զաւուրս իւրkatarel zəntʿacʿs, zawurs iwrto terminate one's career; to end one's days
    կատարել զհոգիkatarel zhogito give up the ghost, to expire, to die
  2. (transitive) to consecrate, sanctify, initiate
  3. (transitive) to celebrate (a feast)
  4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to be ended, accomplished, finished, crowned
  5. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to end, die

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կատարեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կատարեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կատարիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 209
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