աղջաղջ
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Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of *աղջ- (*ałǰ-).
Noun
[edit]աղջաղջ • (ałǰałǰ)
- fog
- (as an adjective) dark, badly organized (said of a church)
Declension
[edit]i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ) | աղջաղջք (ałǰałǰkʻ) | |
| genitive | աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi) | ? | |
| dative | աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi) | ? | |
| accusative | աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ) | աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs) | |
| ablative | աղջաղջէ (ałǰałǰē) | ? | |
| instrumental | ? | ? | |
| locative | աղջաղջի (ałǰałǰi) | աղջաղջս (ałǰałǰs) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
References
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղջաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aɫǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37