Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղկաղկ (ałkałk)

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

աղկաղկ (aġkaġk) (superlative ամենաաղկաղկ)

  1. poor, miserable
  2. lean, meagre

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A reduplication of *աղկ- (*ałk-), usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *elg- (poor, miserable),[1][2][3] with cognates such as Lithuanian el̃geta (beggar), elgetáuti (to beg), Old High German ilgi (famine), Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, pain, grief), Old Church Slavonic алъкати (alŭkati), Old Irish elc (malicious, spiteful), olc (bad, evil), but there are problems with this etymology.[4] Possibly connected with Latin algeo (to be cold, feel chilly, endure cold).[4]

Adjective edit

աղկաղկ (ałkałk)

  1. indigent, poor, miserable
  2. useless, unfit

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աղկաղկ (aġkaġk)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “աղկաղկ”, 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. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “elg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 310
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫkaɫk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “աղկաղկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղկաղկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy