աղջաղջ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of *աղջ- (*ałǰ-).

Noun

աղջաղջ • (ałǰałǰ)

1. fog
2. (as an adjective) dark, badly organized (said of a church)

Declension

i-a-type or i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ)		աղջաղջք (ałǰałǰkʻ)
genitive	աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)		?
dative	աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)		?
accusative	աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ)		աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs)
ablative	աղջաղջէ (ałǰałǰē)		?
instrumental	?		?
locative	աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)		աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs)
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղջաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aɫǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37