կղկղանք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kəχkəˈʁɑŋkʰ]
  • Hyphenation: կըղ‧կը‧ղանք

Noun

կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ)

  1. (formal) excrements, faeces

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

կղկղեմ (kłkłem) + -անք (-ankʿ)

Noun

կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ) pl

  1. excrements, evacuation (any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs)
  2. (figuratively) scum; waste, loss
    կղկղանք հրահալացkłkłankʿ hrahalacʿscoria, dross, slag
    կղկղանաց սովորութինkłkłanacʿ sovorutʿinold customs, obsolete usages
    իբրեւ զկղկղանս համարել զամենայնibrew zkłkłans hamarel zamenaynto look upon, or to count all things as but dross

Declension

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