գեղգեղեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of *գեղ- (*geł-, to sing); compare գեղօն (gełōn, song). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to call, chant).[1][2] Less likely borrowed from Hittite: compare Hittite [script needed] (galgal-ināi-, to make a musical sound).

Verb

գեղգեղեմ • (gełgełem)

  1. to sing beautifully, to quiver, to vibrate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • գեղգեղ (gełgeł)
  • գեղգեղանք (gełgełankʻ)
  • գեղգեղումն (gełgełumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գեղգեղել (geġgeġel)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գեղգեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղգեղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեղգեղեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 203
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