Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կեղակարծ (kełakarc).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

կեղակարծ (keġakarc) (superlative ամենակեղակարծ)

  1. (dated) doubtful

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From *կեղ- (*keł-) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ կարծ (karc). The meaning and origin of the first element are uncertain. It has been considered an alternative form of կաղ (kał, lame) by some.

Adjective edit

կեղակարծ (kełakarc)

  1. doubtful
    կեղակարծ լինելkełakarc linelto be suspected, doubted
    կեղակարծ թուիլkełakarc tʻuilto seem doubtful

Adverb edit

կեղակարծ (kełakarc)

  1. doubtfully, uncertainly

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կեղակարծ (keġakarc) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղակարծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեղակարծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 358