կծանեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Suffixed with +‎ -ան- (-an-) from the root կիծ- (kic-), which is usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (to stick, jab, tickle) with Proto-Germanic *kitilōną (to tickle) as a cognate.[1][2][3] In view of formal problems (an unexpected -ծ- (-c-) and a root structure with two voiced unaspirated stops), as well as the absence of cognates outside Armenian and Germanic, this etymology is doubtful.[4] More likely we are dealing with an onomatopoeic formation: compare Albanian kic (to bite lightly).

See also Old Armenian կէտ (kēt), Middle Armenian կէտ (kēt, kind of biting fly), Armenian կիճ (kič), ճիճ (čič).

Verb

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կծանեմ (kcanem)

  1. (transitive) to bite; to sting
    կծանել զհացkcanel zhacʻto cut or break bread
    ձեռն իմ կծէjeṙn im kcēmy hand itches
  2. (transitive) to torment (in the form կծել (kcel) only)
  3. (intransitive) to feel sting/pain (in the form կծել (kcel) only)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կծել (kcel)

References

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  1. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1904) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 28, page 308
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 356
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 544
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 362

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կծանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 586–587
  • Kocharov, Petr (2019) Old Armenian nasal verbs : archaisms and innovations[1], Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, page 193
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կծանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy