աբեղայ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Syriac ܐܒܝܠܐ (ʾăḇīlā, mourner; penitent, monk), whence also Arabic أَبِيل (ʔabīl, old man; monk; sad).

Noun[edit]

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աբեղայ (abełay)

  1. abegha
    աբեղայ լինելabełay linelto turn or become an abegha

Usage notes[edit]

The word has two combining forms: աբեղայ- (abełay-) and shortened աբեղ- (abeł-).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աբեղա (abeġa)
  • Middle Armenian: հաբեղայ (habeġay), աբեղ (abeġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աբեղայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աբեղայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 299
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աբեղայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 74b