անհեթեթ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ) (superlative ամենաանհեթեթ)

  1. absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical; pointless
    Հրանտն ապուշ է և նրա տեսություններն անհեթեթ են։
    Hrantn apuš ē ew nra tesutʻyunnern anhetʻetʻ en.
    Hrant is a dolt and his theories are ridiculous.
  2. unmindful, heedless, wrong
  3. bizarre, deformed, odd
  4. disordered, disorganized, messy
  5. enormous, colossal, gigantic

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ)

  1. absurdly, ridiculously, nonsensically

References[edit]

  • անհեթեթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps composed of the privative ան- (an-) +‎ -հեթեթ (-hetʻetʻ), related to հայթեմ (haytʻem, to attach, to adjust, to put together); so basically meaning ‘un-shaped, un-formed, un-adjusted’.

Adjective[edit]

անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ)

  1. deformed, shapeless, hideous, monstrous
    անհեթեթսanhetʻetʻsabsurdly, fantastically, ridiculously, awkwardly
  2. gigantic, enormous

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անհեթեթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անհեթեթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անհեթեթ”, 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 385