աղքատ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʻat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

աղքատ (aġkʻat) (superlative ամենաաղքատ)

  1. poor, indigent
    աղքատ մարդaġkʻat mardpoor man
  2. scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretched
    աղքատ բուսականությունaġkʻat busakanutʻyunsparse vegetation

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

աղքատ (aġkʻat)

  1. poor man, pauper

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *oliko-, from *(o)leyg/k- (poor, miserable) + -ատ (-at), with such cognates as Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, few, little), λοιγός (loigós, disaster), Old Irish liach (miserable), Old Prussian licuts (little), Lithuanian liẽknas (slim), ligà (illness), Albanian lig (evil, bad).[1][2]

But Martirosyan prefers a derivation from *աղխհատ (*ałxhat, devoided of properties, having no possessions), composed of աղխ (ałx) +‎ -ատ (-at).[3]

Adjective

աղքատ (ałkʻat)

  1. poor, indigent, needy, beggarly
  2. miserable
  3. bereft, destitute, necessitous
  4. low, humble, contemptible

Declension

Noun

աղքատ (ałkʻat)

  1. beggar, mendicant, pauper

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղքատ (aġkʻat)
  • Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫk‘at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 42

Further reading

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