Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կեղծ (kełc).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

կեղծ (keġc) (superlative ամենակեղծ)

  1. false, sham, fake
  2. artificial
  3. counterfeit, fake
  4. spurious
  5. insincere, deceitful

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The original meaning is “form”.

Adjective edit

կեղծ (kełc)

  1. feigned, dissembled, false, counterfeit, sham, fictitious, artificial, factitious; affected, prim, finical
    կեղծս ի կեղծսkełcs i kełcsof an affected manner, under a false aspect, under a feigned or counterfeit appearance
    կեղծս ի կեղծսս լինելkełcs i kełcss linelto appear under various forms, spectres or phantasms

Usage notes edit

Classically not used independently (outside of its compounds).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կեղծ (keġc) (learned)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կեղծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կեղծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “կեղծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy