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- Քերծուածքk'erdzvadzk'scratch
“Քերծուածք” (k'erdzvadzk') — scratch in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. A sharp k' at both ends: k'er-DZVADZK'. In a live sentence: “Ետեւի կողմին վրայ քերծուածք կայ” (yedevi goghmin vra k'erdzvadzk' gay) — There is a scratch on the back. Written with the characters Ք, ե, ր, ծ, ո, ւ, ա, ծ, ք. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Քերծուածք (k'erdzvadzk') |
| Read in Latin letters | k'erdzvadzk' |
| Translation | scratch |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
a sharp k' at both ends: k'er-DZVADZK'
Why it looks that way
From քերել, to scrape — the grater's own verb. Works for the phone and for the skin alike: ձեռքիս (tserrk'is) քերծուածք (k'erdzvadzk') — a scratch on my hand
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.
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 “scratch” in Western Armenian?
«Քերծուածք» (k'erdzvadzk'), read “k'erdzvadzk'”. A sharp k' at both ends: k'er-DZVADZK'. In a live sentence: “Ետեւի կողմին վրայ քերծուածք կայ” (yedevi goghmin vra k'erdzvadzk' gay) — There is a scratch on the back. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ք, ե, ր, ծ, ո, ւ, ա, ծ, ք.
How is “Քերծուածք” (k'erdzvadzk') written in Latin letters?
k'erdzvadzk'. 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?
From քերել, to scrape — the grater's own verb. Works for the phone and for the skin alike: ձեռքիս (tserrk'is) քերծուածք (k'erdzvadzk') — a scratch on my hand. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.