աղբիս

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the accusative case of աղբիք (ałbikʻ), generalized as a nominative. Compare չորս (čʻors). A plural աղբիսք (ałbiskʻ) was built on this.

Noun

աղբիս • (ałbis)

1. Alternative form of աղբիք (ałbikʻ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press