կոխեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Together with Ossetian къах (k’ax, foot, leg) probably borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Proto-Nakh *koḳ (foot, leg).

Verb[edit]

կոխեմ (koxem)

  1. (transitive) to trample, to tread
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 22.15:[1]
      Մի զշաւիղն յաւիտենական պահեսցես, զոր կոխեցին արք արդարք
      Mi zšawiłn yawitenakan pahescʻes, zor koxecʻin arkʻ ardarkʻ
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        You will not keep the ageless way that just men trod
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).34.2–3:[2]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ վասն եղջերուոյ, թէ կարի թշնամի է աւձի. յորժամ փախչի աւձն եւ մտանէ ի ծակն, երթայ եղջերուն, լնու զամանն իւր ջրով եւ գայ ի ծակն, ուր աւձն մտաւ։ Եւ արկանէ ի ծակն աւձին, մինչեւ հանէ զաւձն, կոխէ եւ սպանանէ զնա։
      Baroyaxawsn asē vasn ełǰeruoy, tʻē kari tʻšnami ē awji. yoržam pʻaxčʻi awjn ew mtanē i cakn, ertʻay ełǰerun, lnu zamann iwr ǰrov ew gay i cakn, ur awjn mtaw. Ew arkanē i cakn awjin, minčʻew hanē zawjn, koxē ew spananē zna.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the deer that it is very hostile to the serpent; when the serpent escapes and goes into a hole, it goes and fills its vessel with water and comes to the hole which the serpent entered; and pours it into the serpent's hole until it draws the serpent out, tramples and kills it.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կոխել (koxel)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 161
  2. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 138, 161–162

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոխ”, 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, page 615b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոխեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bugge, Sophus (1893) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 85
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1968) An Armenian Historical Grammar in Latin Characters (Morphology, Etymology, Old Texts), London: Luzac & Co. Ltd., page 134
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոխեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy