Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian արգել (argel).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

արգել (argel)

  1. Alternative form of արգելք (argelkʻ)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rk-.[1][2][3][4] The -ել (-el) may be a suffix, found also in այցելեմ (aycʻelem) and վայել (vayel).

Noun edit

արգել (argel) indeclinable

  1. hindrance, obstacle, opposition, impediment, embarrassment, difficulty, delay, obstruction; encumbrance
    արգել առնել, արկանել, լինելargel aṙnel, arkanel, linelto arrest, to hinder, to contradict, to oppose, to embarrass
  2. prohibition, forbiddance, inhibition, interdiction
    արգել եկեղեցականargel ekełecʻakaninterdict
  3. arrest; detention, prison
    յարգել արկանել, լինելyargel arkanel, linelto arrest, to imprison, to immure, to encloister

Adjective edit

արգել (argel) indeclinable

  1. contrary, opposing

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: արգելք (argelkʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արգել”, 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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 11
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “argel”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 133

Further reading edit

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