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խաղամ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From խաղ (xał).

Verb

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խաղամ (xałam)  (aorist indicative խաղացի)

  1. (intransitive) to play, to sport, to amuse oneself
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 21.9:[1]
      Եւ տեսեալ Սառայի զորդին Ագարայ Եգիպտացւոյ որ եղեւ Աբրահամու, զի խաղայր ընդ Իսահակայ որդւոյ իւրում []
      Ew teseal Saṙayi zordin Agaray Egiptacʻwoy or ełew Abrahamu, zi xałayr ənd Isahakay ordwoy iwrum []
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son []
  2. (intransitive) to move, to run, to begin traveling
  3. (intransitive) to jump around, to frisk about, to frolic
  4. (intransitive) to dance
  5. (intransitive) to fall upon, to attack suddenly
  6. (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule, to deride
  7. (intransitive) to joke, to jest

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խաղալ (xaġal)

References

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  1. ^ Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor ktakaranacʻ əst čšgrit tʻargmanutʻean naxneacʻ merocʻ hamematutʻeamb ebrayakan ew yunakan bnagracʻ [Bible. Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments]‎[1], Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean, 1895, page 18a

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 319–320
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy