ցելում

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sḱel-. Cognate with Lithuanian skélti (to cleave, split), Old Norse skilja (to part, separate), Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, stir up, hoe), Latin sculpo (carve, engrave), Russian щель (ščelʹ), Hittite [script needed] (iškallāi-, to break, rend). The word is also attested as meaning “to flash”, which can refer to the sky being “rent”, or may just be an alternative form of ցոլամ (cʿolam). See also քաղեմ (kʿałem) and ցեղ (cʿeł).

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

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ցելում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ցել”, 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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