Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian անկեալ (ankeal), the participle of անկանիմ (ankanim, to fall).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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անկյալ (ankyal) (superlative ամենաանկյալ)

  1. (dated) fallen
  2. homeless, deprived of shelter
  3. powerless, weak, feeble
  4. sick; invalid, disabled
  5. (colloquial) lazy (behaving like a sick person)

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References

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  • անկյալ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “անկեալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “անկեալ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “անկյալ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan