թեքեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեկեմ (tʿekem)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téketi, from *tek- (to weave, fashion). See also թիւր (tʿiwr).

Verb

թեքեմ (tʿekʿem)

  1. (transitive) to fashion, forge, make
  2. (transitive) to sharpen, edge, point, grind
    թեքեմ զլեզուtʿekʿem zlezuto become biting or sarcastic
    թեքեմ զգերանդիtʿekʿem zgerandito sharpen the scythe
  3. (transitive, figratively) to educate
  4. (transitive, post-Classical) to twist, warp, bend, turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • նորաթեք (noratʿekʿ)
  • թեքմեքեմ (tʿekʿmekʿem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թեքել (tʿekʿel)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թեքել”, 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 178–179
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թեքեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Meillet, Antoine (1894), “De quelques difficultés de la théorie des gutturales indo-européennes”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 8, page 289 of 277–304
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 300
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թեքեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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