աղկաղկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղկաղկ (ałkałk)

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

աղկաղկ (aġkaġk) (superlative ամենաաղկաղկ)

  1. poor, miserable
  2. lean, meagre

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A reduplication of *աղկ- (*ałk-), usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *elg- (poor, miserable),[1][2][3] with cognates such as Lithuanian el̃geta (beggar), elgetáuti (to beg), Old High German ilgi (famine), Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, pain, grief), Old Church Slavonic алъкати (alŭkati), Old Irish elc (malicious, spiteful), olc (bad, evil), but there are problems with this etymology.[4] Possibly connected with Latin algeo (to be cold, feel chilly, endure cold).[4]

Adjective[edit]

աղկաղկ (ałkałk)

  1. indigent, poor, miserable
  2. useless, unfit

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աղկաղկ (aġkaġk)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղկաղկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “elg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 310
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫkaɫk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղկաղկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղկաղկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy