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կռուիմ

կռուիմ

Old Armenian

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Verb

կռուիմ (kṙuim)

  1. to contend, struggle or dispute with, to debate, to contest, to quarrel; to skirmish, to grapple with each other, to clash together, to fight, to come to blows
    կռուել ընդ միմեանսkṙuel ənd mimeans ― to beat one another, to fight together; (figuratively) to quarrel
  2. to take hold of, to cleave to, to cling, adhere or stick to, to hold fast by, to catch or grasp at, to get entangled in
    թօթափել զփոշին կռուեալ յոտսtʿōtʿapʿel zpʿošin kṙueal yots ― to shake the dust off one's foot
    ի բեւեռ կռուեցաւ հանդերձ նորաi beweṙ kṙuecʿaw handerj nora ― his coat is caught by a nail
    սարդ կռուեալ ձեռօք յորմնsard kṙueal jeṙōkʿ yormn ― the spider holds on to the wall with its claws
    եւ մի կռուիցի ի ձեռին քում ի նզովից նորաew mi kṙuicʿi i jeṙin kʿum i nzovicʿ nora ― and there, shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կռուիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy