Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Ačaṙean leaves the origin open.

According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *oleyd-, from *ley- (to eliminate, dissipate, disappear; weak, thin). Compare Old Norse lítt, German leiden.

According to Ałayan, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *əleyd-, *oleyd- grown from the root *h₃elh₁- (to destroy).

Noun edit

աղէտ (ałēt)

  1. pity, compassion
  2. grief, sorrow
    աղէտս վարելałēts varelto be afflicted
  3. calamity, disaster
    ո՜վ աղետիցսo!v ałeticʿsalas! oh how unfortunate I am!

Usage notes edit

The word has the following combining forms: -աղէտ- (-ałēt-), աղետ- (ałet-), աղիտ- (ałit-).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աղետ (aġet)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աղէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աղէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy