ծրտեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ծիրտ (cirt).

Verb

ծրտեմ (crtem)

  1. (of birds, bees and flies) to defecate
  2. (of fish) to spawn

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծրտել (crtel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ծիրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 460b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծրտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 626
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծրտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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