խաղամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խաղ (xał).

Verb

խաղամ (xałam)  (aorist indicative խաղացի)

  1. (intransitive) to play, to sport, to amuse oneself
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 21.9:[1]
      Եւ տեսեալ Սառայի զորդին Ագարայ Եգիպտացւոյ որ եղեւ Աբրահամու, զի խաղայր ընդ Իսահակայ որդւոյ իւրում []
      Ew teseal Saṙayi zordin Agaray Egiptacʿwoy or ełew Abrahamu, zi xałayr ənd Isahakay ordwoy iwrum []
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son []
  2. (intransitive) to move, to run, to begin traveling
  3. (intransitive) to jump around, to frisk about, to frolic
  4. (intransitive) to dance
  5. (intransitive) to fall upon, to attack suddenly
  6. (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule, to deride
  7. (intransitive) to joke, to jest

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: խաղալ (xałal)

References

  1. Astuacašunčʿ matean Hin ew Nor ktakaranacʿ əst čšgrit tʿargmanutʿean naxneacʿ merocʿ hamematutʿeamb ebrayakan ew yunakan bnagracʿ [Bible. Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], Constantinople: G. Pałtatlean, 1895, page 18a

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խաղ”, 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, pages 319–320
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խաղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խաղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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