Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեղեղ (hełeł).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեղեղ (heġeġ)

  1. flood
  2. torrent

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of the root of հեղում (hełum).

Noun edit

հեղեղ (hełeł)

  1. flood, torrent
    հեղեղ ջուրցhełeł ǰurcʻdeluge
    հեղեղ հրոյhełeł hroytorrent of flame
    հեղեղ մարդկանhełeł mardkanthrong of people, crowd, immense concourse
    հեղեղս արտասուց իջուցանելhełełs artasucʻ iǰucʻanelto shed a flood of tears
    հոսէին արտասուք իբրեւ զհեղեղhosēin artasukʻ ibrew zhełełtears ran down in torrents

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հեղեղ (heġeġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեղեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեղեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեղ”, 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 403