աղբևք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղբիւսք (ałbiwskʻ), աղբիւս (ałbiws), աղբեւս (ałbews) (post-classical)

Etymology

An old derivative of աղբ (ałb). The suffix -եւք (-ewkʻ) may be related to -ոյք (-oykʻ). The forms աղբիւսք (ałbiwskʻ), աղբիւս (ałbiws), աղբեւս (ałbews) were built post-classically by generalizing the accusative աղբեւս (ałbews) of աղբեւք (ałbewkʻ) and the accusative աղբիս (ałbis) of աղբիք (ałbikʻ).

Noun

աղբևք • (ałbewkʻ) pl

1. excrement, dung; muck, manure; filth
2. dung-heap
3. place for the reception of all filth

Declension

i-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	աղբեւք (ałbewkʻ)
genitive	աղբեւաց (ałbewacʻ)
dative	աղբեւաց (ałbewacʻ)
accusative	աղբեւս (ałbews)
ablative	աղբեւաց (ałbewacʻ)
instrumental	աղբեւաւք = աղբեւօք (ałbewawkʻ = ałbewōkʻ)
locative	աղբեւս (ałbews)

Descendants

• Armenian: աղբյուս (aġbyus)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղբևք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղբևք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫb-ew-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 33