Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian քաղցկեղ (kʻałcʻkeł); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քաղցկեղ (kʻaġcʻkeġ)

  1. (pathology) cancer

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From քաղց (kʻałcʻ) +‎ կեղ (keł). For the formation compare կերցավ (kercʻav).

Noun edit

քաղցկեղ (kʻałcʻkeł)

  1. (pathology) cancer
  2. (pathology) herpes

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: քաղցկեղ (kʻaġcʻkeġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քաղցկեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քաղցկեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • քաղցկեղ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769