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Old Armenian
Etymology
Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open. Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *ank- (“need, necessity”) + -ատ (-at), with cognates such as Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē), Old Irish écen (“necessity, compulsion”), Welsh angen (“necessity”), Breton anken (“anxiety”); on this root see Pokorny. To explain the -ք- (-kʻ-) instead of expected -գ- (-g-) Ałayan assumes the analogical influence of աղքատ (ałkʻat).
Adjective
անքատ • (ankʻat)
- indigent, necessitous, poor, forlorn
- greedy; avaricious, covetous
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular
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plural
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անքատ (ankʻat)
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անքատք (ankʻatkʻ)
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| genitive
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անքատի (ankʻati)
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| dative
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անքատի (ankʻati)
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| accusative
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անքատ (ankʻat)
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անքատս (ankʻats)
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| ablative
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անքատէ (ankʻatē)
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| instrumental
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| locative
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անքատի (ankʻati)
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անքատս (ankʻats)
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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
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անքատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անքատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 214a
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “¹ank-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 45
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 22–23