գաղթ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գաղթ (gałtʻ)

Pronunciation

Noun

գաղթ (gaġtʻ)

  1. migration, emigration, immigration

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գաղթ (gaġtʻ) գաղթեր (gaġtʻer)
dative գաղթի (gaġtʻi) գաղթերի (gaġtʻeri)
ablative գաղթից (gaġtʻicʻ) գաղթերից (gaġtʻericʻ)
instrumental գաղթով (gaġtʻov) գաղթերով (gaġtʻerov)
locative գաղթում (gaġtʻum) գաղթերում (gaġtʻerum)
definite forms
nominative գաղթը/գաղթն (gaġtʻə/gaġtʻn) գաղթերը/գաղթերն (gaġtʻerə/gaġtʻern)
dative գաղթին (gaġtʻin) գաղթերին (gaġtʻerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գաղթս (gaġtʻs) գաղթերս (gaġtʻers)
dative գաղթիս (gaġtʻis) գաղթերիս (gaġtʻeris)
ablative գաղթիցս (gaġtʻicʻs) գաղթերիցս (gaġtʻericʻs)
instrumental գաղթովս (gaġtʻovs) գաղթերովս (gaġtʻerovs)
locative գաղթումս (gaġtʻums) գաղթերումս (gaġtʻerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գաղթդ (gaġtʻd) գաղթերդ (gaġtʻerd)
dative գաղթիդ (gaġtʻid) գաղթերիդ (gaġtʻerid)
ablative գաղթիցդ (gaġtʻicʻd) գաղթերիցդ (gaġtʻericʻd)
instrumental գաղթովդ (gaġtʻovd) գաղթերովդ (gaġtʻerovd)
locative գաղթումդ (gaġtʻumd) գաղթերումդ (gaġtʻerumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from the oblique cases and compounds of գաղութ (gałutʻ), the oblique stem and combining form of which is գաղթ- (gałtʻ-).[1][2]

Noun

գաղթ (gałtʻ)

  1. emigration, flight
  2. (collectively) colonists, settlers, refugees

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative գաղթ (gałtʻ) գաղթք (gałtʻkʻ)
genitive գաղթի (gałtʻi) գաղթից (gałtʻicʻ)
dative գաղթի (gałtʻi) գաղթից (gałtʻicʻ)
accusative գաղթ (gałtʻ) գաղթս (gałtʻs)
ablative գաղթէ (gałtʻē) գաղթից (gałtʻicʻ)
instrumental գաղթիւ (gałtʻiw) գաղթիւք (gałtʻiwkʻ)
locative գաղթի (gałtʻi) գաղթս (gałtʻs)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գաղթ (gaġtʻ)

References

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաղթ”, 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 505ab

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գաղթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “գաղթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 201a
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “գաղթ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 340b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 109b