Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կեղ (keł).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կեղ (keġ)

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

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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կեղ (keł)

  1. ulcer; sore, wound

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կեղ (keġ)

References

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  • 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