ընգղայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps the original meaning is ‘eel’, ‘water-snake’, either borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin anguilla or cognate with it.

Noun

ընգղայ • (əngłay)

1. sea-monster or sea-devil (probably female)

Declension

unknown type

	singular		plural
nominative	ընգղայ (əngłay)		ընգղայք (əngłaykʻ)
genitive	?		?
dative	?		?
accusative	ընգղայ (əngłay)		ընգղայս (əngłays)
ablative	?		?
instrumental	?		?
locative	?		ընգղայս (əngłays)
the oblique cases are not attested

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ընգղայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ընգղայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ընգղայ”, 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 279