Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian սխալ (sxal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սխալ (sxal)

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղալաթ (ġalatʻ)
  2. fault

Declension

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Adjective

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սխալ (sxal) (superlative ամենասխալ)

  1. wrong, incorrect

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Deverbal from սխալեմ (sxalem).[1]

Noun

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սխալ (sxal)

  1. mistake, error

Adjective

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սխալ (sxal)

  1. wrong, mistaken, faulty; unsafe
  2. (arithmetic) less, minus, wanting
    միով սխալ ամս քառասունmiov sxal ams kʻaṙasunforty years wanting one

Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: սղալ (sġal), զաղալ (zaġal)
  • Armenian: սխալ (sxal)

References

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  1. ^ 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 211

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սխալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սխալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy