գաղջ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian գաղջ (gałǰ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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գաղջ (gaġǰ) (superlative ամենագաղջ)

  1. warmish, lukewarm

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Martirosyan perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥-yéh₂-s, genitive of *wól-ih₂, whence գոլ (gol); see it for more.[1]

Adjective

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գաղջ (gałǰ)

  1. warmish, lukewarm

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գաղջ (gaġǰ)

References

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  1. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “gaɫǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy