աղէտ

Uncertain. Ačaṙean leaves the origin open.

According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *oleyd-, from *ley- (“to eliminate, dissipate, disappear; weak, thin”). Compare Old Norse lítt, German leiden.

According to Ałayan, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *əleyd-, *oleyd- grown from the root *h₃elh₁- (“to destroy”).

աղէտ • (ałēt)

1. pity, compassion
2. grief, sorrow

   աղէտս վարել ― ałēts varel ― to be afflicted

3. calamity, disaster

   ո՜վ աղետիցս ― o^!v ałeticʻs ― alas! oh how unfortunate I am!

The word has the following combining forms: -աղէտ- (-ałēt-), աղետ- (ałet-), աղիտ- (ałit-).

• Armenian: աղետ (aġet)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy