կաղալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կաղամ (kałam), from կաղ (kał). The figurative sense is a semantic loan from Russian хрома́ть (xromátʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

կաղալ • (kałal)

  1. to limp, to be lame
  2. (figuratively) to be poor, to leave much to be desired, to be far from perfect, to not be up to standard
    անգլերենս կաղում է ― anglerens kałum ē ― my English is poor; my English leaves much to be desired

Inflection

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