մատաղ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մատաղ (matał); see it for more.

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Adjective[edit]

մատաղ (mataġ) (superlative ամենամատաղ)

  1. young, tender, new, fresh

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Noun[edit]

մատաղ (mataġ)

  1. sacrificial offering
    մատաղ լինեմ քեզmataġ linem kʻezan expression of endearment (literally, “may I be sacrificed for you”)
  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 Ačaṙyan, derived by metathesis from earlier *մաղատ (*małat), from Proto-Indo-European *mlad-, grown from *melh₂- (to grind). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ) and related to մատղաշ (matġaš). On the other hand, J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet; glossy, fat, well-fed) and cognate to Persian مسکه (maska, fresh butter) and Old High German mast (fattening).

Adjective[edit]

մատաղ (matał)

  1. young, tender, new, fresh
    մատաղ հասակաւ, յաւուրցmatał hasakaw, yawurcʻvery young
    ի մատաղ տիսi matał tisin infancy, at so tender an age
    որթ մատաղortʻ matałmilk-fed calf

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Noun[edit]

մատաղ (matał)

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

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մատաղ (mataġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մատաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մատաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մատաղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik