արգել

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian արգել (argel); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

արգել (argel)

  1. Alternative form of արգելք (argelkʿ)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rk-, from *h₂erk-.[1][2][3][4] The -ել (-el) may be a suffix, found also in այցելեմ (aycʿelem) and վայել (vayel).

Noun

արգել (argel) indeclinable

  1. hinderance, obstacle, opposition, impediment, embarrassment, difficulty, delay, obstruction; encumbrance
    արգել առնել, արկանել, լինելargel aṙnel, arkanel, linelto arrest, to hinder, to contradict, to oppose, to embarrass
  2. prohibition, forbiddance, inhibition, interdiction
    արգել եկեղեցականargel ekełecʿakaninterdict
  3. arrest; detention, prison
    յարգել արկանել, լինելyargel arkanel, linelto arrest, to imprison, to immure, to encloister

Adjective

արգել (argel) indeclinable

  1. contrary, opposing

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արգել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 11
  4. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “argel”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 133

Further reading

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