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կործանեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From կործան (korcan).

Verb

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կործանեմ (korcanem)  (aorist indicative կործանեցի)

  1. (transitive) to overturn, to subvert, to overthrow, to demolish, to destroy, to ruin; to lay waste; to extirpate, to exterminate
    երկիր կործանելerkir korcanelto fell to the earth, to throw, strike or dash to the ground
    կործանել զպարիսպսkorcanel zparispsto dismantle, to pull down a rampart
    կործանել զոք ի հաւատոցkorcanel zokʻ i hawatocʻto pervert from the faith
    կործանել զմիմեանսkorcanel zmimeansto throw down, upset or destroy each other
    կործանել զկեանսkorcanel zkeansto come to an untimely end
    խաղն կործանեաց զնաxałn korcaneacʻ znagaming has been his ruin
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to fall backwards or on one's back; to fall upon one's face; to fall down; to go to ruin, to sink into decay, to be overthrown, to crumble away, to fall to pieces, to be ruined
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be routed, dispersed, defeated
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be exterminated, annihilated

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կործանել (korcanel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կործանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կործանեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կործանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy