աղբևք

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An old derivative of աղբ (ałb). The suffix -եւք (-ewkʻ) may be related to -ոյք (-oykʻ). The forms աղբիւսք (ałbiwskʻ), աղբիւս (ałbiws), աղբեւս (ałbews) were built post-classically by generalizing the accusative աղբեւս (ałbews) of աղբեւք (ałbewkʻ) and the accusative աղբիս (ałbis) of աղբիք (ałbikʻ).

Noun

աղբևք (ałbewkʻpl

  1. excrement, dung; muck, manure; filth
  2. dung-heap
  3. place for the reception of all filth

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: աղբյուս (aġbyus)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղբևք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղբևք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫb-ew-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 33