որոգայթ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian որոգայթ (orogaytʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. (somewhat formal) snare, trap

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. The second part may be գայթ (gaytʻ, delusion; trap).

Noun[edit]

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. snare, trap
    անկանել յորոգայթankanel yorogaytʻto fall into a snare
    լարել զորոգայթ եւ ի նոյն հարկանիլ, շաղիլlarel zorogaytʻ ew i noyn harkanil, šałilto fall into one's own snares
    որոգայթ դնել ումեք բանիւքorogaytʻ dnel umekʻ baniwkʻto convict a person by his own words

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որոգայթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որոգայթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որոգայթ”, 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 386