Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կենցաղ (kencʻał); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կենցաղ (kencʻaġ)

  1. way of life, mode of life
  2. everyday life

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From կենց- (kencʻ-), from *կեանց (keancʻ), an archaic genitive-dative of կեանք (keankʻ, life), +‎ -աղ (-ał).

Noun edit

կենցաղ (kencʻał)

  1. life
    սոսկական կենցաղsoskakan kencʻałprivate life
    վարել անփառունակ կենցաղvarel anpʻaṙunak kencʻałto pass life in obscurity
    վճարել ի կենցաղոյսvčarel i kencʻałoysto depart this life, to die
  2. conduct, behaviour, custom, manners
  3. present life
  4. world

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կենցաղ (kencʻaġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կենցաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կենցաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կեալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48