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կենցաղ

կենցաղ

Armenian

Noun

կենցաղ (kencʿał)

  1. way of life, mode of life
  2. everyday life

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From կենց- (kencʿ-), from *կեանց (keancʿ), an archaic genitive-dative of կեանք (keankʿ, life), + -աղ (-ał).

Noun

կենցաղ (kencʿał)

  1. life
    սոսկական կենցաղsoskakan kencʿał ― private life
    վարել անփառունակ կենցաղvarel anpʿaṙunak kencʿał ― to pass life in obscurity
    վճարել ի կենցաղոյսvčarel i kencʿałoys ― to depart this life, to die
  2. conduct, behaviour, custom, manners
  3. present life
  4. world

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կենցաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կենցաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կեալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -աղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48