Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խեղդնում ‎(xełdnum) (mediopassive sense only)

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 one's self, to be suffocated, stifled
4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to burst, to crack, to break out, to melt away

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: խեղդել ‎(xełdel)

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, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935