See also: -աղ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian աղ ().

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աղ ()

  1. salt
  2. (figuratively) gist, essence (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. See also աղտ (ałt).

Noun edit

աղ ()

  1. salt
    աղ ուխտի, ուխտ աղի, աղ կնքեալał uxti, uxt ałi, ał knkʿealsign of true friendship
    աղ եւ հացał ew hacʿcommensality, love
    աղ առնուլ, աղ եւ հաց ուտելał aṙnul, ał ew hacʿ utelto eat in company, to be social, to be convivial
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 106:[1]
      Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
      Es et hraman berel ew borak ew bark kʿacʿax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʿoł ełegan i kʿitʿs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʿitʿs nora.
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աղ ()

References edit

  1. ^ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians[1], Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 120–121

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387–388
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 24
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy