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մղձկեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from հեղձամղձուկ (hełjamłjuk). Alternatively, an independent word from a root մուղձ- (mułj-) of uncertain origin, +‎ -ուկ (-uk); for this root compare մղձավանջ (mġjavanǰ) and մղձաժէտ (młjažēt).

Verb

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մղձկեմ (młjkem)

  1. (transitive) to choke, to stifle, to suffocate, to strangle
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to pain, to grieve, to vex, to torment
  3. (intransitive) to choke, to be suffocating
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to be violently affected with spite, envy, grief or rage

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: մղծկիլ (mġckil)
  • Armenian: մղձկել (mġjkel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մղձկեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մղձկեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մղձուկ”, 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 403