Ձեռք թափ տալ
“Ձեռք թափ տալ” (tserrk' t'ap' dal) — to give up on in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to give the hand a wave' — the same give-up gesture. Whom it is done to stands in the dative: իրեն ձեռք թափ տուեց. In a live sentence: “Ի վերջո ձեռք թափ տուեց այդ գործին” — In the end he gave up on the matter. Written with the characters Ձ, ե, ռ, ք, թ, ա, փ, տ, ա, լ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ձեռք թափ տալ |
| Read in Latin letters | tserrk' t'ap' dal |
| Translation | to give up on |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to give the hand a wave' — the same give-up gesture. Whom it is done to stands in the dative: իրեն ձեռք թափ տուեց
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Ի վերջո ձեռք թափ տուեց այդ գործինi vercho tserrk' t'ap' duets ayt kordzinIn the end he gave up on the matter
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to give up on” in Western Armenian?
«Ձեռք թափ տալ», read “tserrk' t'ap' dal”. In a live sentence: “Ի վերջո ձեռք թափ տուեց այդ գործին” — In the end he gave up on the matter. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ձ, ե, ռ, ք, թ, ա, փ, տ, ա, լ.
How is “Ձեռք թափ տալ” written in Latin letters?
tserrk' t'ap' dal. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally 'to give the hand a wave' — the same give-up gesture. Whom it is done to stands in the dative: իրեն ձեռք թափ տուեց. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.