սխալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սխալ (sxal).

Pronunciation

Noun

սխալ (sxal)

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: ղալաթ (łalatʿ) (dialectal)
  2. fault

Declension

Adjective

սխալ (sxal) (superlative ամենասխալ)

  1. wrong, incorrect

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skʰal- (to stumble) and cognate with Sanskrit स्खलति (skhalati, to stumble), स्खलित (skhalita), स्खलन (skhalana, stumbling).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

սխալ (sxal)

  1. mistake, error

Declension

Adjective

սխալ (sxal)

  1. wrong, mistaken, faulty; unsafe
  2. (arithmetic) less, minus, wanting
    միով սխալ ամս քառասունmiov sxal ams kʿaṙasunfourty years wanting one

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սղալ (słal), զաղալ (załal)
  • Armenian: սխալ (sxal)

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 490–491
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սխալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 224–225
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 929
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), սխալ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 682b

Further reading

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