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ախտ

ախտ

Armenian

Noun

ախտ (axt)

  1. disease, illness

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (axt, bad, ugly, sick; filth, corruption), Avestan [script needed] (axti-, suffering).

Noun

ախտ (axt)

  1. illness, disease, indisposition
    ախտ ցաւոց՝ դառնութիւնaxt cʿawocʿ, daṙnutʿiwn ― calamity, plague, disaster, anything troublesome
    ախտ արտասուացaxt artasuacʿ ― tears
    ախտ քնոյaxt kʿnoy ― sleep
    ախտ մահու՝ մահացուaxt mahu, mahacʿu ― mortal malady
    զախտս մահու ջերմանիլzaxts mahu ǰermanil ― to be seriously, mortally ill
  2. passion, affection
  3. vice, bad habit
    ախտ մարդահաճութեանaxt mardahačutʿean ― adulation, flattery
    սպաս ունել ախտի, մեծարել զախտspas unel axti, mecarel zaxt ― to give one's self up to vice, pleasure

Declension

Synonyms

  • (disease): հիւանդութիւն (hiwandutʿiwn)
  • (passion): կիրք (kirkʿ), մոլութիւն (molutʿiwn)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ախտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ախտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935