ականակիտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ականակիտ (akanakit); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ականակիտ (akanakit) (superlative ամենաականակիտ)

  1. clear, limpid

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The first part is either ակն (akn, jewel, gem) or ակն (akn, spring, source). The origin and meaning of *կիտ (*kit) is uncertain; it may mean ‘shine’ or ‘clear, limpid’, in which case the compound would mean ‘shiny like a jewel’ or ‘having a limpid source/spring’.

Adjective[edit]

ականակիտ (akanakit)

  1. clear, limpid (of water, pearl, star, light, words, instruction)

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ականակիտ (akanakit)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ականակիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ականակիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կիտ”, 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 364