հայթայթեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of հայթեմ (haytʿem) with a semantic development ‘to attach, to adjust, to put together’ > ‘to devise, contrive, find a pretext, etc.’

Verb

հայթայթեմ (haytʿaytʿem)

  1. to devise, contrive, concoct, find a solution or pretext, make an effort

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), հայթայթեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 385
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