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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian աղ (ał).
Pronunciation
Noun
աղ • (aġ)
- salt
- (figuratively) gist, essence (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. See also աղտ (ałt).
Noun
աղ • (ał)
- salt
- աղ ուխտի, ուխտ աղի, աղ կնքեալ ― ał uxti, uxt ałi, ał knkʻeal ― sign of true friendship
- աղ եւ հաց ― ał ew hacʻ ― commensality, love
- աղ առնուլ, աղ եւ հաց ուտել ― ał aṙnul, ał ew hacʻ utel ― to eat in company, to be social, to be convivial
5th century,
Agatʻangełos,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 106:
[1]- Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
- Es et hraman berel ał ew borak ew bark kʻacʻax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʻoł ełegan i kʻitʻs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʻitʻs nora.
- Translation by R. W. Thomson
- And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.
Declension
i-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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աղ (ał)
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| genitive
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աղի (ałi)
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| dative
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աղի (ałi)
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| accusative
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աղ (ał)
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| ablative
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աղէ (ałē)
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| instrumental
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աղիւ (ałiw)
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| locative
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աղի (ałi)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, pages 387–388
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 24
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy