աղքատ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʿat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

աղքատ (ałkʿat) (superlative ամենաաղքատ)

  1. poor, indigent
    աղքատ մարդałkʿat mardpoor man
  2. scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretched
    աղքատ բուսականությունałkʿat busakanutʿyunsparse vegetation

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

աղքատ (ałkʿat)

  1. poor man, pauper

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *oliko-, from *(o)leyg/k- (poor, miserable) + -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

աղքատ (ałkʿat)

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

Declension

Noun

աղքատ (ałkʿat)

  1. beggar, mendicant, pauper

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աղքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd 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, Boston: Brill, page 42

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աղքատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աղքատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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