կրծեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The root is կուրծ- (kurc-), from Proto-Indo-European *gurǵ-, from *gruǵ-. Cognate with Russian грызть (gryztʹ) and Lithuanian graužti (to gnaw).

Verb

կրծեմ (krcem)

  1. (transitive) to gnaw, to nibble
  2. (transitive) to corrode, to canker
  3. (transitive) to eat, to consume, to destroy
  4. (transitive) to take or carry away

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • կաշառակուրծ (kašaṙakurc)
  • կաշառակրծություն (kašaṙakrcutʿyun)
  • կրծլի (krcli)
  • կրծլութիւն (krclutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կրծեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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