կեղծ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կեղծ (kełc).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

կեղծ (keġc) (superlative ամենակեղծ)

  1. false, sham, fake
  2. artificial
  3. counterfeit, fake
  4. spurious
  5. insincere, deceitful

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. The original meaning is “form”.

Adjective[edit]

կեղծ (kełc)

  1. feigned, dissembled, false, counterfeit, sham, fictitious, artificial, factitious; affected, prim, finical
    կեղծս ի կեղծսkełcs i kełcsof an affected manner, under a false aspect, under a feigned or counterfeit appearance
    կեղծս ի կեղծսս լինելkełcs i kełcss linelto appear under various forms, spectres or phantasms

Usage notes[edit]

Classically not used independently (outside of its compounds).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կեղծ (keġc) (learned)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կեղծ”, 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) “կեղծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy