աղքատ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʻat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

աղքատ (aġkʻat) (superlative ամենաաղքատ)

  1. poor, indigent
    Synonyms: չքավոր (čʻkʻavor), քյասիբ (kʻyasib)
    աղքատ մարդaġkʻat mardpoor man
  2. scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretched
    աղքատ բուսականությունaġkʻat busakanutʻyunsparse vegetation

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

աղքատ (aġkʻat)

  1. poor man, pauper

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *oliko-, from *h₃léyg- (indigent, needy, ill) + -ատ (-at), with such cognates as Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, few, little), λοιγός (loigós, disaster), Old Irish liach (miserable), Old Prussian licuts (little), Lithuanian liẽknas (slim), ligà (illness), Albanian lig (evil, bad).[1][2]

But Martirosyan prefers a derivation from *աղխհատ (*ałxhat, devoided of properties, having no possessions), composed of աղխ (ałx) +‎ -ատ (-at).[3]

Adjective[edit]

աղքատ (ałkʻat)

  1. poor, indigent, needy, beggarly
  2. miserable
  3. bereft, destitute, necessitous
  4. low, humble, contemptible

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

աղքատ (ałkʻat)

  1. beggar, mendicant, pauper

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աղքատ (aġkʻat)
  • Old Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫk‘at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 42

Further reading[edit]

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