շղթայ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *շշղթայ (*ššłtʻay), an Aramaic / Classical Syriac borrowing: compare Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltā), Aramaic שִׁלְשֶׁלְתָּא (šilšeltā) (whence Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila)) and especially Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܫܸܫܠܬܵܐ (šišltā),[1] ܫܸܫܸܠܬܵܐ (šišiltā)[2].
Noun
շղթայ • (šłtʻay)
- chain
- շղթայ ոսկի ― šłtʻay oski ― gold chain
- շղթայք գերութեան ― šłtʻaykʻ gerutʻean ― the bonds of slavery
- արկանել ի շղթայս ― arkanel i šłtʻays ― to chain, to enchain, to put in chains, irons or fetters
- խորտակել զշղթայս ― xortakel zšłtʻays ― to break one's chains
- (figuratively) chain, concatenation, continuity, series
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | շղթայ (šłtʻay) | շղթայք (šłtʻaykʻ) | |
| genitive | շղթայի (šłtʻayi) | շղթայից (šłtʻayicʻ) | |
| dative | շղթայի (šłtʻayi) | շղթայից (šłtʻayicʻ) | |
| accusative | շղթայ (šłtʻay) | շղթայս (šłtʻays) | |
| ablative | շղթայէ (šłtʻayē) | շղթայից (šłtʻayicʻ) | |
| instrumental | շղթայիւ (šłtʻayiw) | շղթայիւք (šłtʻayiwkʻ) | |
| locative | շղթայի (šłtʻayi) | շղթայս (šłtʻays) |
Derived terms
- շղթայագործ (šłtʻayagorc)
- շղթայակապ (šłtʻayakap)
- շղթայաձեւ (šłtʻayajew)
- շղթայատող (šłtʻayatoł)
- շղթայեմ (šłtʻayem)
- շղթայօրէն (šłtʻayōrēn)
- շրթնաշղթայ (šrtʻnašłtʻay)
- շրթնաշղթայաշար (šrtʻnašłtʻayašar)
Descendants
- → Armenian: շղթա (šġtʻa)
References
- ^ “ܫܫܠܬܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2019 May 26 (last accessed)
- ^ “ܫܫܠܬܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2019 May 26 (last accessed)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շղթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 524ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շղթայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 46, page 246
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 314
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 956
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “շղթայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 590a
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 956
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շղթայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy