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Old Armenian
Etymology
Reduplication of *աղջ- (*ałǰ-).
Noun
աղջաղջ • (ałǰałǰ)
- fog
- (as an adjective) dark, badly organized (said of a church)
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ)
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աղջաղջք (ałǰałǰkʻ)
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| genitive
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աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)
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| dative
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աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)
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| accusative
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աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ)
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աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs)
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| ablative
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աղջաղջէ (ałǰałǰē)
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| instrumental
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| locative
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աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi)
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աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs)
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the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղջաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aɫǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37