մատաղ

From Old Armenian մատաղ (matał); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑˈtɑʁ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑˈdɑʁ/,

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մատաղ • (mataġ) (superlative ամենամատաղ)

1. young, tender, new, fresh

մատաղ • (mataġ)

1. sacrificial offering

   մատաղ լինեմ քեզ ― mataġ linem kʻez ― an expression of endearment (literally, “may I be sacrificed for you”)

2. the process of sacrificing an animal
3. the meat of the sacrificed animal

According to Ačaṙyan, derived by metathesis from earlier *մաղատ (*małat), from Proto-Indo-European *mlad-, grown from *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ) and related to մատղաշ (matġaš). On the other hand, J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet; glossy, fat, well-fed”) and cognate to Persian مسکه (maska, “fresh butter”) and Old High German mast (“fattening”).

մատաղ • (matał)

1. young, tender, new, fresh

   մատաղ հասակաւ, յաւուրց ― matał hasakaw, yawurcʻ ― very young

   ի մատաղ տիս ― i matał tis ― in infancy, at so tender an age

   որթ մատաղ ― ortʻ matał ― milk-fed calf

մատաղ • (matał)

1. child, little child
2. young calf intended for sacrifice; sacrificial offering

• Armenian: մատաղ (mataġ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մատաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մատաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մատաղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik