որոգայթ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian որոգայթ (orogaytʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. (somewhat formal) snare, trap

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The second part may be գայթ (gaytʻ, delusion; trap).

Noun

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. snare, trap
    անկանել յորոգայթankanel yorogaytʻto fall into a snare
    լարել զորոգայթ եւ ի նոյն հարկանիլ, շաղիլlarel zorogaytʻ ew i noyn harkanil, šałilto fall into one's own snares
    որոգայթ դնել ումեք բանիւքorogaytʻ dnel umekʻ baniwkʻto convict a person by his own words

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որոգայթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որոգայթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որոգայթ”, 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 386