աղի

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Armenian աղի (ałi); see it for more.

Adjective[edit]

աղի (aġi) (superlative ամենաաղի)

  1. (attributive) salt
    Antonym: անալի (anali)
  2. salted; salty
  3. (figuratively) bitter, miserable
    աղի արտասուքaġi artasukʻbitter tears
Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Basic tastes in Armenian (layout · text)
քաղցր (kʻaġcʻr) թթու (tʻtʻu) աղի (aġi) դառը (daṙə) կծու (kcu) not used in Armenian

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Armenian աղի (ałi); see it for more.

Noun[edit]

աղի (aġi)

  1. Alternative form of աղիք (aġikʻ)
Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From աղ () +‎ (-i).

Adjective[edit]

աղի (ałi)

  1. salty, saline, brackish
  2. (figuratively) bitter, miserable
    աղի եւ ողորմałi ew ołormmiserable, pitiable, unfortunate, calamitous, grievous
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Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: աղի (aġi)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology 2[edit]

Martirosyan suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁oliteh₂-, *yoliteh₂- with cognates in Slavic (Polish jelito, Serbo-Croatian olito).

Noun[edit]

աղի (ałi)

  1. intestine
    խռովին աղիք իմxṙovin ałikʻ imI have pity, compassion
    որդի աղեացordi ałeacʻwell loved son
  2. string of musical instruments (because of the material)
Usage notes[edit]
  • Usually used in the plural: աղիք (ałikʻ).
  • The word has 4 combining forms: աղե- (ałe-), աղէ- (ałē-), աղի- (ałi-), աղ- (ał-).
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղի”, 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) “aɫi(-k‘)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 36