հաղբք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խաղբք (xałbkʻ)

Etymology

The earlier form is խաղբք (xałbkʻ), from *խաբղ (*xabł), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܒܠܐ (ḥaḇlā, “rope, wire”), +‎ -ք (-kʻ).

Noun

հաղբք • (hałbkʻ) pl

1. snare, trap, ambush, springe, noose

   արկանել ի հաղբս ― arkanel i hałbs ― to draw into snare, to entrap, to inveigle

   անկանել ի հաղբս ― ankanel i hałbs ― to fall into a snare

   ընդ աղբ եւ ընդ խաղբ գալ ― ənd ałb ew ənd xałb gal ― to be ill clothed, to be poorly or shabbily dressed

2. the rope or wire used in a trap

Declension

i-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	հաղբք (hałbkʻ)
genitive	հաղբից (hałbicʻ)
dative	հաղբից (hałbicʻ)
accusative	հաղբս (hałbs)
ablative	հաղբից (hałbicʻ)
instrumental	հաղբիւք (hałbiwkʻ)
locative	հաղբս (hałbs)

Derived terms

• խաղբակեմ (xałbakem)

Descendants

• Armenian: խախբՙ (xaxbʻ), խաբՙ (xabʻ) (dialectal), հաղբ (haġb) (learned)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 14b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաղբք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 308
• Müller, Friedrich (1893) “Pahlawi-, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[1] (in German), volume 7, page 381
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաղբք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy