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- Քայքայուիլk'ayk'ayuilto decompose
“Քայքայուիլ” (k'ayk'ayuil) — to decompose in Western Armenian. Verb, level B1. A doubled root: k'ay-k'ay-vil. Both ք's are breathy. In a live sentence: “Պլաստիկը կը քայքայուի հարիւր տարուան մէջ” (blasdigə gə k'ayk'ayui haryur darvan mech) — Plastic takes a hundred years to decompose. Written with the characters Ք, ա, յ, ք, ա, յ, ո, ւ, ի, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Քայքայուիլ (k'ayk'ayuil) |
| Read in Latin letters | k'ayk'ayuil |
| Translation | to decompose |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
A doubled root: k'ay-k'ay-vil. Both ք's are breathy
Why it looks that way
Plastic in the ground, a building, and a state alike. The noun քայքայում is decay, disintegration
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.
- Պլաստիկը կը քայքայուի հարիւր տարուան մէջblasdigə gə k'ayk'ayui haryur darvan mechPlastic takes a hundred years to decompose
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 decompose” in Western Armenian?
«Քայքայուիլ» (k'ayk'ayuil), read “k'ayk'ayuil”. A doubled root: k'ay-k'ay-vil. Both ք's are breathy. In a live sentence: “Պլաստիկը կը քայքայուի հարիւր տարուան մէջ” (blasdigə gə k'ayk'ayui haryur darvan mech) — Plastic takes a hundred years to decompose. Verb, level B1; written with the characters Ք, ա, յ, ք, ա, յ, ո, ւ, ի, լ.
How is “Քայքայուիլ” (k'ayk'ayuil) written in Latin letters?
k'ayk'ayuil. 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?
Plastic in the ground, a building, and a state alike. The noun քայքայում is decay, disintegration. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.