հեղեղ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հեղեղ (hełeł).

Pronunciation

Noun

հեղեղ (heġeġ)

  1. flood
  2. torrent

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of the root of հեղում (hełum).

Noun

հեղեղ (hełeł)

  1. flood, torrent
    հեղեղ ջուրցhełeł ǰurcʻdeluge
    հեղեղ հրոյhełeł hroytorrent of flame
    հեղեղ մարդկանhełeł mardkanthrong of people, crowd, immense concourse
    հեղեղս արտասուց իջուցանելhełełs artasucʻ iǰucʻanelto shed a flood of tears
    հոսէին արտասուք իբրեւ զհեղեղhosēin artasukʻ ibrew zhełełtears ran down in torrents

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեղեղ (heġeġ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեղեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեղեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 403