ցելում

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.[1][2][3][4][5]. The similarity with Proto-Georgian-Zan *cel- is accidental.[3]

Verb

ցելում (cʿelum)

  1. (transitive) to rend, to break, to split, to cleave, to cut, to divide lengthways
  2. (intransitive) to be torn, rent; to be split, cloven
    ցելաւ յերկուսcʿelaw yerkusit was rent in twain

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ցելումն (cʿelumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցել (cʿel)

References

  1. Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 47
  2. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 499
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), ցել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 452–453
  4. Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 236
  5. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 553

Further reading

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