Զիջել
“Զիջել” (zichel) — to be inferior in in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The same Զիջել already in the course as 'to yield': one Armenian verb covers 'gave up the seat' and 'is worse in quality'. What you are inferior in takes the ending -ով: որակով կը զիջե. In a live sentence: “Այս մոդելը որակով կը զիջե նախորդին” — This model is inferior in quality to the previous one. Written with the characters Զ, ի, ջ, ե, լ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Զիջել |
| Read in Latin letters | zichel |
| Translation | to be inferior in |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same Զիջել already in the course as 'to yield': one Armenian verb covers 'gave up the seat' and 'is worse in quality'. What you are inferior in takes the ending -ով: որակով կը զիջե
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.
- Այս մոդելը որակով կը զիջե նախորդինays motelə voragov gə ziche nakhortinThis model is inferior in quality to the previous one
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 be inferior in” in Western Armenian?
«Զիջել», read “zichel”. In a live sentence: “Այս մոդելը որակով կը զիջե նախորդին” — This model is inferior in quality to the previous one. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Զ, ի, ջ, ե, լ.
How is “Զիջել” written in Latin letters?
zichel. 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?
The same Զիջել already in the course as 'to yield': one Armenian verb covers 'gave up the seat' and 'is worse in quality'. What you are inferior in takes the ending -ով: որակով կը զիջե. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.