ցտեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is ցիտ- (cʿit-), from Proto-Indo-European *skid-, from *skeyd-.

Verb

ցտեմ (cʿtem)  (aorist indicative ցտեցի)

  1. (transitive) to graze, to rub the skin off, to scratch, to bruise, to notch, to jag
    ցտել զհերսcʿtel zhersto tear out one's hair
  2. (transitive) to make incisions, to cut
  3. (transitive) to wrest, to extort, to carry off
  4. (transitive, medicine) to scarify, to cup
  5. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to bruise oneself, to rub the skin off, to scratch oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • դանակացիտ (danakacʿit)
  • ցտումն (cʿtumn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ցտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ցտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ցիտ”, 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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