Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կեղ (keł).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կեղ (keġ)

  1. (medicine) ulcer, sore
  2. scab
  3. (figuratively) sore, evil, pest

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to hit by throwing).

Noun edit

կեղ (keł)

  1. ulcer; sore, wound

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կեղ (keġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “¹gʷel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 470 of 470, 471
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 357