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Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain. Ačaṙean leaves the origin open.
According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *oleyd-, from *ley- (“to eliminate, dissipate, disappear; weak, thin”). Compare Old Norse lítt, German leiden.
According to Ałayan, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *əleyd-, *oleyd- grown from the root *h₃elh₁- (“to destroy”).
Noun
աղէտ • (ałēt)
- pity, compassion
- grief, sorrow
- աղէտս վարել ― ałēts varel ― to be afflicted
- calamity, disaster
- ո՜վ աղետիցս ― o!v ałeticʻs ― alas! oh how unfortunate I am!
Usage notes
The word has the following combining forms: -աղէտ- (-ałēt-), աղետ- (ałet-), աղիտ- (ałit-).
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy