կոշկոճեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From *կոճկոճեմ (*kočkočem), reduplication of կոճ- (koč-, to beat).

Verb

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կոշկոճեմ (koškočem)  (aorist indicative կոշկոճեցի)

  1. (transitive) to beat, to strike, to bemaul, to beat to death, to torture, to put to the rack, to murder, to slay, to massacre, to butcher, to kill in a violent and cruel manner
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to torment or trouble oneself, to be extremely harassed, vexed, weary, very much fatigued

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կոշկոճել (koškočel) (learned)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոշկոճեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոշկոճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 370