Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քաղց (kʻałcʻ)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քաղց (kʻaġcʻ)

  1. (somewhat formal) hunger

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *swl̥dsḱ-, grown from *swel- (to burn, to scorch). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sweltaną, whence Old Norse svelta (to starve). See also Old Armenian քաղցր (kʻałcʻr).

Noun edit

քաղց (kʻałcʻ)

  1. hunger
    քաղց դժնդակ, ուժգին, անհնարինkʻałcʻ džndak, užgin, anhnarinviolent, canine, ravenous appetite or hunger
    յուղել զքաղցyułel zkʻałcʻto excite, sharpen or quicken the appetite
    քաղցիւ հարկանիլkʻałcʻiw harkanilto be hunger-beaten, to be or feel hungry
    մեռանել առ քաղցոյնmeṙanel aṙ kʻałcʻoynto starve, to die of starvation
    հարկանել զքաղցharkanel zkʻałcʻto stay or satiate hunger
  2. (as an adjective) hungry

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: քաղց (kʻaġcʻ)

References edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քաղց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քաղց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քաղց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy