լակ

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Armenian լակ (lak), from the root of Old Armenian լակեմ (lakem).

Noun[edit]

լակ (lak)

  1. swill, mash
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • լակ¹”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian لق (laq), لغ (lağ, an addle egg), whence also Georgian ლაყე (laq̇e).[1][2]

Adjective[edit]

լակ (lak)

  1. (Ararat, Karabakh, of an egg) addle, spoiled, rotten
  2. (Karabakh, of fruits, especially watermelon) overripe
Declension[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 40, derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ləg-, an ablaut grade of the root *(s)lēg- (to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd); see լոկ (lok) for more on this
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լակ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 180c
  • լակ²”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 407b
  2. ^ Bläsing, Uwe (2008) “Georgian laq̇e, an 'addle egg' in Kartvelian: Review of a Georgian Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 12, number 1, pages 45–55