աղատել

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian աղատել (aġatel).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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աղատել (aġatel)

  1. (dialectal) to lament bitterly

Inflection

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “աղատել”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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The root is աղատ- (aġat-, lamentation, caress, supplication) (compare dialectal աղատ (aġat, supplication; caress), աղըտ (aġət, lamentation)), of uncertain origin. Turkish ağıt may be borrowed from Armenian.

According to Martirosyan, probably a rhyming formation based on աղաչ- (ałačʻ-) and պաղատ- (pałat-); compare dialectal աղատ-պաղատ (aġat-paġat, supplication).

Verb

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աղատել (aġatel)

  1. to lament bitterly
    • 12th century, Karapet Sasnecʻi, Nerbołean yałags varucʻ ew mahuan S. Vardapetin Mesrobay [A Panegyric on the Life and Death of St. Vardapet Mesrob] 72:
      [] ծմրէին ծերքն, աղատէին արքն, կանչէին կանայքն []
      [] cmrēin cerkʻn, aġatēin arkʻn, kančʻēin kanaykʻn []

Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղատել (aġatel)

References

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫatel”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 28
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղատել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17, derives from Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeic root *el-, *ol-, on which see ողբ (ołb). This is accepted by J̌ahukyan with reservation. Martirosyan remarks that -ատ (-at) is not explained properly, however it may be the iterative suffix -ատ- (-at-).
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղատել”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 35a