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աղտամուղտ

աղտամուղտ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ախտամուղտ (axtamułt)
  • ըղտամուղտ (əłtamułt)

Noun

աղտամուղտ (ałtamułt)

  1. (dialectal) twilight
    աղտամղտինałtamłtin ― at twilight

Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), աղտամուղտ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

u-type and m-type reduplication of *աղտ- (*ałt-, dark), whose origin is unknown. Hardly related to *աղջ- (*ałǰ-). See also աղջամուղջ (ałǰamułǰ), բուզաղթն (buzałtʿn), *մուղտ- (*mułt-).

Noun

աղտամուղտ (ałtamułt)

  1. twilight, darkness

Descendants

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աղտամուղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫt-a-muɫt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41