յոլովամեղծ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From յոլով (yolov, much) +‎ -ա- (-a-) + *մեղծ (*mełc, soot). The latter is of unknown origin.

Adjective

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յոլովամեղծ (yolovamełc)

  1. sooty (said of smoke)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 460