զգածիմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From զ- (z-) +‎ the root գած- (gac-) of unknown origin, found also in առիգած (aṙigac, apron).

Verb[edit]

զգածիմ (zgacim)

  1. (intransitive) to clothe or to dress oneself
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be affected with some feeling; to fly into a passion

Usage notes[edit]

Often confused with զգամ (zgam, to feel) by later scribes, which gave rise to such misspellings as անզգած (anzgac, unfeeling) (read անզգաց (anzgacʻ)) and իրազգած (irazgac) (read իրազգաց (irazgacʻ)).

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: զգածվել (zgacvel)

References[edit]

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