լերկ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian լերկ (lerk); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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լերկ (lerk) (superlative ամենալերկ)

  1. hairless
  2. smooth

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *lergʷ- (smooth). Related to ողորկ (ołork) and cognate with Old Irish lerg.

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-no-, from *negʷ-. through dissimilation n...nl...n with -r- as in մերկ (merk).

Adjective

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լերկ (lerk)

  1. hairless
  2. (grammar, of a consonant) soft (such as պ, կ, տ, ծ, ճ)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լերկ (lerk), լեկ (lek)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լերկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լերկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լերկ”, 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, pages 308, 478