եղծ

From Old Armenian եղծ (ełc).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeχt͡s/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeʁd͡z/,

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եղծ • (eġc)

1. (archaic) refutation

եղծ • (eġc) (superlative ամենաեղծ)

1. (archaic) deceitful, fraudulent
2. (archaic) spoilt, corrupted, misshapen, bad

• “եղծ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open. According to J̌ahukyan and Ałayan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-ǵ-, grown from the root *h₃elh₁- (“to destroy”).

եղծ • (ełc)

1. spoilt, corrupted, misshapen, bad

   եղծ զեղծ ― ełc zełc ― disorderly, confusedly

2. fake

եղծ • (ełc)

1. refutation

• Armenian: եղծ (eġc)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 156a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “եղծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 655ab
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “եղծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 20–21
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “⁵el-, ol-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 306
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner”, in Patma-banasirakan handes‎ (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 90
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18