գաղտ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գաղտ (gałt)

Pronunciation

Adjective

գաղտ • (gałt) (superlative ամենագաղտ)

  1. (rare) hidden, secret

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wl̥d-, zero-grade of *wel- (“to deceive”) grown with *-d-, whence also գող (goł).[1][2][3] See there for more.

Adverb

գաղտ • (gałt)

  1. in secret, secretly, by stealth
    • 5th century, Bible, Psalms 100.5[4]
      Որ խօսէր գաղտ զընկերէ իւրմէ, զնա բացէ ՚ի բա՛ց հալածէի։
      Or xōsēr gałt zənkerē iwrmē, zna bacʿē ’i bácʿ halacēi.
      Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off.

Adjective

գաղտ • (gałt)

  1. hidden, secret
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, History of Armenia 12
      Վասն զի գաղտ ուխտ իւր եւ խորհուրդ ընդ թագաւորին Յունաց է։
      Vasn zi gałt uxt iwr ew xorhurd ənd tʿagaworin Yunacʿ ē.

Preposition

գաղտ • (gałt)

  1. unknown to, in secret from
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, History of Armenia 68
      Յորոց ձեռս տայր գաղտ յերանելի սպարապետէն Վարդանայ զգրեալսն։
      Yorocʿ jeṙs tayr gałt yeraneli sparapetēn Vardanay zgrealsn.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաղտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 506–507
  3. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 573
  4. ↑ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs (1805) Astuacašunčʿ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʿ [Bible. Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume III, Venice: S. Lazar, page 97

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “գաղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524c
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “գաղտ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 340c
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գաղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 110a
  • Xačʿatryan, Lalik (2003), “գաղտ”, in Grabari bacʿatrakan baṙaran (Jewabanoren tararžekʿ baṙer) [Explanatory Dictionary of Old Armenian (Morphologically Polysemantic Words)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Zangak-97, →ISBN, page 97
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