անգտի
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editAccording to Martirosyan the literal meaning is “the fallen one”, from earlier *անկտի (*ankti), from անկանիմ (ankanim, “to fall down; to sin, prostitute”) + -տի (-ti). Compare սամտի (samti).
Noun
editանգտի • (angti)
Usage notes
editThe word is a hapax legomenon
References
edit- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “angti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 71–72
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անգտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press