աղէբեկ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղեբեկ (ałebek)

Etymology

From ալի (ali) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ բեկանեմ (bekanem, “to break, cut, split”).

Adjective

աղէբեկ • (ałēbek)

1. (of hair) with streaks of grey, grey-flecked

Descendants

• Armenian: աղեբեկ (aġebek)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ali-k‘₂”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 14
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղէբեկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy