Jump to content

նկրտիմ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Old Armenian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nkyl-ytn' /⁠nigerīdan⁠/), Persian نگریدن (negaridan, to look, observe).

Verb

[edit]

նկրտիմ (nkrtim)

  1. to strive for, endeavour
    • 5th century, Bible, 1 Corinthians 11.17:
      Այլ զայս պատուիրեմ, ոչ որպէս թէ գովիցեմ, զի ոչ ի լաւ անդր՝ այլ ի վատթարն նկրտիք։
      Ayl zays patuirem, očʻ orpēs tʻē govicʻem, zi očʻ i law andr, ayl i vattʻarn nkrtikʻ.
    • 5th century, Bible, Philippians 3.13:
      Եղբարք, ես ոչ համարիմ զանձն իմ թէ հասեալ իցեմ. բայց մի ինչ է` զի զառ ի յետոյսն մոռացեալ է, եւ ի յառաջադէմսն նկրտեալ եմ:
      Ełbarkʻ, es očʻ hamarim zanjn im tʻē haseal icʻem. baycʻ mi inčʻ ē` zi zaṙ i yetoysn moṙacʻeal ē, ew i yaṙaǰadēmsn nkrteal em:
      • Translation by King James Version
        Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.

Conjugation

[edit]
The template Template:xcl-conj-իմ does not use the parameter(s):
act=off
mp=on
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Armenian: նկրտել (nkrtel)

Further reading

[edit]
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նկրտիլ”, 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) “նկրտիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “նկրտիմ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[1] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 144b
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 140
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նկրտիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy