մատաղ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian մատաղ; see it for more.

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Adjective [edit]

մատաղ  (matał), superlative ամենամատաղ (amenamatał)

  1. young, tender, new, fresh

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Noun [edit]

մատաղ  (matał)

  1. sacrificial offering
  2. the process of sacrificing an animal
  3. the meat of the sacrificed animal

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

According to Acharyan derived by metathesis from earlier *մաղատ (małat), from Proto-Indo-European *mlad-, grown from *mel- (to grind). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ) and related to մատղաշ. But according to Jahukyan derived from Proto-Indo-European *mad- (wet; glossy, fat, well-fed) and cognate to Persian مسکه (maska, fresh butter) and Old High German mast (fattening).

Adjective [edit]

մատաղ  (matał)  (singular genitive մատաղոյ, plural genitive մատաղոց)

  1. young, tender, new, fresh
    մատաղ հասակաւ, յաւուրց (matał hasakaw, yawurcʿ) — very young
    ի մատաղ տիս (i matał tis) — in infancy, at so tender an age
    որթ մատաղ (ortʿ matał) — milk-fed calf

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Noun [edit]

մատաղ  (matał)  (singular genitive մատաղոյ, plural genitive մատաղոց)

  1. child, little child
  2. young calf intended for sacrifice; sacrificial offering

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References [edit]

  • մատաղ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • մատաղ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • մատաղ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • մատաղ” in Geworg J̌ahukyan (2010), Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Asoghik Publishing House)