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թեքեմ

թեքեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեկեմ (tʿekem)

Verb

թեքեմ (tʿekʿem)

  1. (transitive) to fashion, forge, make
  2. (transitive) to sharpen, edge, point, grind
    թեքեմ զլեզուtʿekʿem zlezu ― to become biting or sarcastic
    թեքեմ զգերանդիtʿekʿem zgerandi ― to sharpen the scythe
  3. (transitive, figratively) to educate
  4. (transitive, post-classical) to twist, warp, bend, turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • նորաթեք (noratʿekʿ)
  • թեքմեքեմ (tʿekʿmekʿem)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թեքել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 178–179
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թեքեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 300
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թեքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy